Data and source validation for equipment output data or equipment failure prediction using blockchains

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to:
• receive, from a requesting device, a first request for first data that is output by first equipment;
• in response to receiving the first request for the first data, retrieve the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• analyze the first data to determine whether the first data as output by the first equipment can be trusted;
• based on a determination that the first data as output by the first equipment is deemed to be trusted data, send the first data to the requesting device;
• based on a determination that the first data is deemed to require further data validation, send, to a blockchain system, a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing a copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• and
• in response to the blockchain system identifying the blockchain containing a copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment, perform the following:
• receiving a copy of the identified blockchain from the blockchain system;
• abstracting, from the identified blockchain, the block containing the copy of the first data;
• abstracting, from the block, the copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• and
• sending the first data to the requesting device,
• wherein the determination that the first data as output by the first equipment being deemed to be trusted data is based on a determination that the first data as output by the first equipment is within a predetermined range of threshold values or parameters, wherein the determination that the first data is deemed to require further data validation is based on a determination that the first data exceeds the predetermined range of threshold values or parameters.

A system, comprising:

• a computing system, comprising:
• at least one first processor;
• and
• a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the computing system to:
• receive, from a requesting device, a first request for first data that is output by first equipment;
• in response to receiving the first request for the first data, retrieve the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• analyze the first data to determine whether the first data as output by the first equipment can be trusted;
• based on a determination that the first data as output by the first equipment is deemed to be trusted data, send the first data to the requesting device;
• based on a determination that the first data is deemed to require further data validation, send, to a blockchain system, a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing a copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• and
• in response to the blockchain system identifying the blockchain containing a copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment, perform the following:
• receiving a copy of the identified blockchain from the blockchain system;
• abstracting, from the identified blockchain, the block containing the copy of the first data;
• abstracting, from the block, the copy of the first data that is output by the first equipment;
• and
• sending the first data to the requesting device,
• wherein the determination that the first data as output by the first equipment being deemed to be trusted data is based on a determination that the first data as output by the first equipment is within a predetermined range of threshold values or parameters, wherein the determination that the first data is deemed to require further data validation is based on a determination that the first data exceeds the predetermined range of threshold values or parameters.