US 11,443,063 B1Granted

Systems and methods for verifying agent sales data via blockchain

AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

InventorsMelinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki King, Burton J. Floyd, David Turrentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Shelia Cummings Smith

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Abstract

Methods and systems for processing a blockchain comprising a plurality of immutable sales records corresponding to sales made by agents of an entity are provided. According to certain aspects, a transaction request indicating a sale made by an agent of the entity may be received at a first node. A block including a sales record indicating the sale made by the agent may be added to a blockchain and transmitted to another node for validation. The first node may add the block to a copy of the blockchain, where the block may be identified by a hash value that references a previous block in the blockchain that includes at least one additional sales record.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of processing a blockchain comprising a plurality of immutable sales records corresponding to sales made by agents of an entity, the blockchain maintained by a plurality of nodes connected via a network, each of the plurality of nodes maintaining a respective copy of the blockchain, the method comprising:

receiving, at a processor of a first node of the plurality of nodes, a transaction request initiated by a requesting node and indicating a sale made by an agent of the entity;
verifying the transaction request by verifying an identity of the requesting node, wherein verifying the identity of the requesting node includes:
querying, by the processor of the first node, a permissions database to determine a permission level associated with the requesting node, and
determining, based on the permission level, that the requesting node has permission to submit the transaction request;
responsive to determining that the requesting node has permission to submit the transaction request, adding a sales record indicating the sale made by the agent of the entity to a new block to add to the blockchain;
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transmitting, via the network by the processor of the first node, the new block to at least a second node of the plurality of nodes such that the second node updates a copy of the blockchain stored thereat to include the new block.

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A system for processing a blockchain comprising a plurality of immutable sales records corresponding to sales made by agents of an entity, the blockchain maintained by a plurality of nodes connected via a network, the system comprising:

a first node of the plurality of nodes, the first node configured to maintain a first copy of the blockchain;
a second node of the plurality of nodes, the second node connected to the first node via the network and configured to maintain a second copy of the blockchain;
a first processor implemented in the first node and configured to:
receive a transaction request initiated by a requesting node and indicating a sale made by an agent of the entity,
verify the transaction request by verifying an identity of the requesting node, wherein verifying the identity of the requesting node includes:
querying a permissions database to determine a permission level associated with the requesting node, and
determining, based on the permission level, that the requesting node has permission to submit the transaction request;
responsive to determining that the requesting node has permission to submit the transaction request, add a sales record indicating the sale made by the agent of the entity to a new block to add to the blockchain, and
transmit, via the network, the new block to at least the second node, wherein the second node updates the second copy of the blockchain to include the new block.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/060,487Filed 1 Oct 2020 · continuation
Priority: 25 Jan 2017
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification39 codes

G06F 21/6209
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope,…
G06F 21/602
Protecting data: providing cryptographic facilities or services
G06F 21/604
Protecting data: tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
G06F 21/6245
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

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Application15/877,122Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jan 2018
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