Patent Application for Crowd Sourcing Trusted Employment Referrals

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Published November 25th, 2025

Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application (US20260087457A1) detailing methods and systems for crowd sourcing trusted employment referrals using blockchain technology. The application, filed on November 25, 2025, describes a system that utilizes blockchain smart contracts to manage user relational profiles and non-relational transaction details for creating an exchangeable resume database.

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This document is a published patent application from the USPTO, not a regulatory rule or guidance. It describes a novel system and method for creating a trusted employment referral database using blockchain technology and smart contracts. The invention aims to digitally mimic human trust and relationships to validate and store user profiles and referral data.

As this is a patent application, there are no immediate compliance obligations or deadlines for regulated entities. However, companies involved in HR technology, recruitment platforms, or blockchain applications may find the described technology relevant to their innovation and intellectual property strategies. The application is currently in a draft stage, and its eventual patent grant could impact future market offerings in the employment referral space.

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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWD SOURCING TRUSTED EMPLOYMENT REFERRALS

Application US20260087457A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Jin KIM, Conway LIN, Taft WALLACE, Christopher REINHARDT, Jonatan MEMBRENO

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating a referral-based database of exchangeable resumes utilizing blockchain smart contracts to digitally mimic human trust emotions and relationships are provided. The systems and method include at least one processor, for validating existing blockchain to permit writing the next sequential block, for executing smart contract chaincode that defines the user relational transaction profile and that creates the non-relational transaction details data storage medium locations written to the next sequential block, for directing the writing of the user relational transaction profile and the writing of the data storage medium locations of the non-relational transaction details to the next sequential block, and for directing the writing of the non-relational transaction details data to the at least one storage medium for storing the non-relational transaction details data accessible by permissioned platform users.