Blockchain settlement network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNitin Gaur, Malavan Balanavaneethan, Mayuran Satchithanantham, Hung Chung Kuo, Ruby Cheng, Wing Lun Chung
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of transferring, via a blockchain, a digital value from a sender to a receiver, the digital value representing an off-chain transfer of value, monitoring a message flow between the sender and the receiver, detecting a settlement of the off-chain transfer of value based on message content within messages of the message flow, and returning, via the blockchain, the transferred digital value from the receiver to the sender based on the detected settlement.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicably coupled to the memory and configured to
- execute a first blockchain transaction via a blockchain ledger to transfer possession of a digital asset stored on the blockchain ledger from a digital wallet of a sender to a digital wallet of a receiver,
- monitor a message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver,
- detect a settlement of a transfer of value between the sender and the receiver which occurs outside of the blockchain ledger based on message content within messages of the message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver, and
- in response to the detected settlement, execute a second blockchain transaction via the blockchain ledger to return possession of the digital asset from the digital wallet of the receiver to the digital wallet of the sender based on the detected settlement.
A method comprising:
- executing a first blockchain transaction via a blockchain ledger to transfer possession of a digital asset stored on the blockchain ledger from a digital wallet of a sender to a digital wallet of a receiver;
- monitoring a message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver;
- detecting a settlement of a transfer of value between the sender and the receiver which occurs outside of the blockchain ledger based on message content within messages of the message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver;
- and
- in response to the detected settlement, executing a second blockchain transaction via the blockchain ledger to return possession of the digital asset from the digital wallet of the receiver to the digital wallet of the sender based on the detected settlement.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- executing a first blockchain transaction via a blockchain ledger to transfer possession of a digital asset stored on the blockchain ledger from a digital wallet of a sender to a digital wallet of a receiver;
- monitoring a message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver;
- detecting a settlement of a transfer of value between the sender and the receiver which occurs outside of the blockchain ledger based on message content within messages of the message flow transmitted between the sender and the receiver;
- and
- returning, via the blockchain, the transferred digital value from the receiver to the sender based on the detected settlement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.