I don't want to drag this discussion out, so this will be my last post on the topic. I would just like to ask you a simple question: If you had a proprietary method/procedure for a business model, would you want to disclose the "nuts and bolts" of it to the world so that anyone else could copy it?
We live in a competitive world where proprietary information has value - it can mean the difference between success and failure in a start-up business.
Have you read the latest news story about Ternio's joint venture with Distribued Ledger? If not, take a look:
https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2019/03/13/ternio-and-distributed-ledger-form-dlt-ventures-jv-for-media-banking-and-telecom/I'm asking you what comes after alphabet "A" and you're answering 2+2 equals 4.
They have never shown anything about there proprietary method/procedure till now to anyone. They're saying that they filed a patent request but not going to show that to anyone. If a patent is filed why are they hiding it instead of embracing it? Nobody is going to know about the technology simply by reading a patent, if that's the case patents would never been public at the first place. They're publicly visible for a reason.
I can tell you the links of the patents filed by the Apple and Google, feel free to read them and use there "nuts and bolts" to create similar product. Theory is one thing, one could read there theory but couldn't use it to create a replica. Even if they do, they're still liable to fall under the Patent breach.
If there's a patent filed, give the link to the same. Matter closed. But they will never do that, coz there's no patent. It's a lie like there exchange listing talks.