Patent 11509719 was granted and assigned to Seagate Technology on November, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing blockchain technology in a data storage system. In certain embodiments, a data storage device may upload a copy of a file to a cloud server for storage, and receive a network link to the copy of the file. The data storage device may then provide file metadata and the network link to a distributed ledger blockchain system to create a blockchain entry.