PANews reported on December 23 that according to financial reports, information from the State Intellectual Property Office showed that Nokia Technologies Co., Ltd. applied for a patent called "Device Method and Computer Program", publication number CN 119155674 A, and the application date was June 2024.

The patent abstract shows that a device, method and computer program are provided for using a device for a user device to perform the following: encrypting a digital asset using a first key to form an encrypted digital asset; providing the encrypted digital asset and an index for the encrypted digital asset to a first network function; and providing an identifier of the encrypted digital asset to a first entity.