Distributed ledger for edge server management
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsStephen J. Todd, Assaf Natanzon
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Abstract
In a system comprising a set of gateway devices operatively coupled to a set of edge servers, a method obtains data at a given one of the edge servers, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises valuation data attributable to at least one of the one or more gateway devices. The method sends the data from the given one of the edge servers to a blockchain or distributed ledger shared by the set of edge servers for storage of the data on the blockchain. Such a method provides blockchain-based edge server value management that enables a single view of cross-edge operational and value contributions associated with the set of edge servers in the system.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- in a system comprising a set of gateway devices operatively coupled to a set of edge servers;
- obtaining data at a given one of the edge servers, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises valuation data attributable to at least one of the one or more gateway devices;
- and
- sending the data from the given one of the edge servers to a blockchain shared by the set of edge servers for storage of the data on the blockchain;
- wherein the valuation data attributable to the at least one of the one or more gateway devices comprises valuation data assigned via a valuation framework, the valuation framework utilizing at least one or more of logic and data analytics in determining the assigned valuation data;
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- wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor and a memory.
An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the processing device to perform steps of:
- in a system comprising a set of gateway devices operatively coupled to a set of edge servers;
- obtaining data at a given one of the edge servers, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises valuation data attributable to at least one of the one or more gateway devices;
- and
- sending the data from the given one of the edge servers to a blockchain shared by the set of edge servers for storage of the data on the blockchain;
- wherein the valuation data attributable to the at least one of the one or more gateway devices comprises valuation data assigned via a valuation framework, the valuation framework utilizing at least one or more of logic and data analytics in determining the assigned valuation data.
An apparatus comprising at least one processing device, wherein the at least one processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory configured to:
- in a system comprising a set of gateway devices operatively coupled to a set of edge servers;
- obtain data at a given one of the edge servers, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises valuation data attributable to at least one of the one or more gateway devices;
- and
- send the data from the given one of the edge servers to a blockchain shared by the set of edge servers for storage of the data on the blockchain;
- wherein the valuation data attributable to the at least one of the one or more gateway devices comprises valuation data assigned via a valuation framework, the valuation framework utilizing at least one or more of logic and data analytics in determining the assigned valuation data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.