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US 11,700,119 B2Granted
Distributed ledger systems for modular vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorMahmoud Yousef Ghannam
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to, among other things, distributed ledger systems for modular vehicles. The disclosure may involve receiving, at a first ledger associated with a first node, information regarding an interaction between the first node and a second node. The same transaction information may also be received at a second ledger associated with the second node, as well as ledgers associated with any other number of nodes. The first node, second node, and any other number of nodes may be modular vehicle components. Additionally, the first ledger, second ledger, and any other number of ledgers include a set of the same information. The first node, second node, and third node may be nodes on a distributed ledger network.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions, that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- generate, by a modular vehicle, information regarding an interaction between at least two of a first node, a second node, and a third node, wherein the first node is a first modular vehicle component, the second node is a second modular vehicle component, and the third node is a third modular vehicle component;
- receive, at a first ledger associated with the first node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receive, at a second ledger associated with the second node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receive, at a third ledger associated with the third node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- and
- receive, at a fourth ledger associated with a fourth node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node,
- wherein the first modular vehicle component is a top portion of the modular vehicle, the second modular vehicle component is a base of the modular vehicle, the third modular vehicle component is an interface of the modular vehicle configured to mechanically and/or electrically connect the top portion of the modular vehicle with the base of the modular vehicle, and the fourth node is a fleet manager device for a fleet of modular vehicles,
- wherein the first ledger, the second ledger, the third ledger, and the fourth ledger include a set of the same information, and
- wherein the first node, the second node, the third node, and the fourth node are nodes on a distributed ledger network.
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A method, comprising:
- generating, by a modular vehicle, information regarding an interaction between at least two of a first node, a second node, and a third node, wherein the first node is a first modular vehicle component, the second node is a second modular vehicle component, and the third node is a third modular vehicle component;
- receiving, at a first ledger associated with the first node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receiving, at a second ledger associated with the second node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receiving, at a third ledger associated with the third node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- and
- receiving, at a fourth ledger associated with a fourth node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node,
- wherein the first modular vehicle component is a top portion of the modular vehicle, the second modular vehicle component is a base of the modular vehicle, the third modular vehicle component is an interface of the modular vehicle configured to mechanically and/or electrically connect the top portion of the modular vehicle with the base of the modular vehicle, and the fourth node is a fleet manager device for a fleet of modular vehicles,
- wherein the first ledger, the second ledger, the third ledger, and the fourth ledger include a set of the same information, and
- wherein the first node, the second node, the third node, and the fourth node are nodes on a distributed ledger network.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless access point, cause the one or more processors to perform operations of:
- generating, by a modular vehicle, information regarding an interaction between at least two of a first node, a second node, and a third node, wherein the first node is a first modular vehicle component, the second node is a second modular vehicle component, and the third node is a third modular vehicle component;
- receiving, at a first ledger associated with the first node, the information regarding the interaction between at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receiving, at a second ledger associated with the second node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- receiving, at a third ledger associated with the third node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node;
- and
- receiving, at a fourth ledger associated with a fourth node, the information regarding the interaction between the at least two of the first node, the second node, and the third node,
- wherein the first modular vehicle component is a top portion of the modular vehicle, the second modular vehicle component is a base of the modular vehicle, the third modular vehicle component is an interface of the modular vehicle configured to mechanically and/or electrically connect the top portion of the modular vehicle with the base of the modular vehicle, and the fourth node is a fleet manager device for a fleet of modular vehicles,
- wherein the first ledger, the second ledger, the third ledger, and the fourth ledger include a set of the same information, and
- wherein the first node, the second node, the third node, and the fourth node are nodes on a distributed ledger network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.