Systems and/or methods for securing and automating process management systems using distributed sensors and distributed ledger of digital transactions

A computer-implemented method for resource tracking for use with a plurality of computing systems operated by different respective participants, each one of the plurality of computing systems storing a copy of a blockchain of a distributed blockchain computing system and having associated therewith a computing device including at least one sensor, the blockchain including a plurality of different executable computer programs of that have been incorporated thereto, the method comprising:

• storing an association between:
• 1) a device group that is associated with the respective computing devices involved in performing a process that is modeled in an external process modeling computer system in connection with a plurality of modeled tasks that are linked together for the performed process, and 2) one of a plurality of blockchain addresses that each identify a different one of the plurality of executable computer programs that are incorporated into the blockchain;
• receiving, via a transceiver, electronic data messages that are sent from the computing devices, the electronic data messages including values from the at least one sensor(s) and being signed by a respective computing device and/or associated participant(s);
• based on the received electronic data messages, obtaining a respective device group identifier that identifies which one of multiple different device groups the respective computing device belongs that communicated the electronic data message to;
• for each respectively obtained device group identifier, selecting the blockchain addresses, of the plurality of blockchain addresses that are included in the plurality of records, that identifies a corresponding one of the plurality of executable computer programs;
• dynamically generating a blockchain transaction for the corresponding one of the plurality of executable computer programs incorporated into the blockchain and associated with the obtained device group identifier, the dynamically generated blockchain transaction including the value(s) from the at least one sensor(s) and being to the selected blockchain address;
• publishing the generated blockchain transaction to the blockchain to execute the corresponding one of the plurality of executable computer programs on the blockchain;
• based on execution of the corresponding one of the plurality of executable computer programs by the blockchain, emitting event(s) to an event bus monitored by a modeled process management system, the emitted event(s) including information related to execution of the corresponding one of the plurality of executable computer programs and being structured to selectively trigger the modeled process management system to automatically execute at least one of the modeled tasks in dependence on results of the executions;
• on the external process modeling computer system that includes at least one hardware processor that is configured to:
• executing the modeled process;
• receiving the emitted events including information related to execution of the executable code on the blockchain;
• selectively triggering, based on the information related to execution of the executable code on the blockchain that is included in the emitted events that are received, at least one of the modeled tasks of the executing modeled process of the external process modeling computer system in dependence on reception of the emitted events;
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• controlling at least one electronic device responsive to the selective triggering.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly storing a resource tracking program for use with a computer system that communicates with plurality of computing systems operated by different respective participants, each said computing system storing a copy of a blockchain of a distributed blockchain computing system and having associated therewith a computing device including at least one sensor, the blockchain including a plurality of different smart contracts that have been incorporated thereto, with each of the plurality of different smart contracts including program logic that is executable on the blockchain and defined in a programming language, the computer system storing an association between:

• 1) a device group that is associated with the respective computing devices involved in performing a process that is modeled in an external process modeling computer system in connection with a plurality of modeled tasks that are linked together for the performed process, and 2) one of a plurality of blockchain addresses that each identify a different one of the plurality of smart contracts that are incorporated into the blockchain, the program, when executed by a hardware processor, performing functionality comprising:
• receiving, via a transceiver, electronic data messages that are sent from the computing devices, the electronic data messages including values from the at least one sensor(s) and being signed by a respective computing device and/or associated participant(s);
• based on the received electronic data messages, obtaining respective device group identifier that identifies which one of multiple different device groups the respective computing device belongs that communicated the electronic data message to;
• for each respectively obtained device group identifier, selecting the blockchain addresses, of the plurality of blockchain addresses that are included in the plurality of records, that identifies a corresponding one of the plurality of smart contracts;
• dynamically generating a blockchain transaction for the corresponding one of the smart contracts incorporated into the blockchain and associated with the obtained respective device group identifier, the dynamically generated blockchain transaction including the value(s) from the at least one sensor(s) and being to the selected blockchain address;
• publishing the generated blockchain transaction to the blockchain to execute the corresponding one of the smart contracts on the blockchain;
• based on execution of the corresponding one of the smart contracts by the blockchain by using the generated blockchain transaction, emitting event(s) to an event bus monitored by a modeled process management system, the emitted event(s) including information related to execution of the smart contract on the blockchain and being structured to selectively trigger the modeled process management system to automatically execute at least one of the modeled tasks in dependence on results of the execution;
• executing, on the external process modeling computer system, the modeled process;
• receiving, on the external process modeling computer system, the emitted events including information related to execution of the executable code on the blockchain;
• selectively triggering, on the external process modeling computer system and based on the information related to execution of the executable code on the blockchain that is included in the emitted events that are received, at least one of the modeled tasks of the executing modeled process of the external process modeling computer system in dependence on reception of the emitted events;
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• controlling at least one electronic device responsive to the selective triggering.