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US 11,079,128 B2Granted
Systems and methods for monitoring the movement of gas
AssigneeBlockchain Generation Ventures
InventorsBao Tran, Dave Nyhof
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Abstract
A system to characterize gas in a building includes a processor; a gas sensor coupled to the processor; a gas valve coupled to the processor; an encryption module executed by the processor to secure gas data; and a transceiver to communicate secured gas data over a network to a remote processor.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a gas or fluid sensor to detect gas or fluid consumption in a building, the sensor coupled to the processor to provide usage data to the processor;
- a gas or fluid valve coupled to the processor to be actuated by the processor in response to one or more predetermined conditions;
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- an encryption module executed by the processor to secure gas or fluid consumption data from the sensor, wherein the processor stores consumption data from the sensor on a blockchain with Proof of Work Collaborative (POW-C) protocol using a wallet ledger where transaction results are coupled to a wallet address, and wherein the processor communicates with a security miner that oversees a blockchain mining network prior to one or more full nodes distributing workload to the other miners;
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- a transceiver to communicate secured gas or fluid data over a network to a remote processor where a user or application retrieves the transaction results using the wallet address and the POW-C protocol and the wallet ledger to manage gas or fluid consumption.
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A method to manage gas or fluid in a building, comprising:
- reading from one or more sensors that detect gas or fluid consumption data by the building;
- storing consumption data from the sensor on a blockchain using a Proof of Work Collaborative (POW-C) protocol and a wallet ledger, where transaction results are coupled to a wallet address, and communicating with a security miner that oversees a blockchain mining network prior to one or more full nodes distributing workload to the other miners;
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- using the consumption data on the blockchain to turn off gas or fluid into the building if a leakage is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.