US 11,900,341 B1Granted

Third party access controls for a decentralized network

AssigneeBlock, Inc.

InventorsEmily Chiu, Khiry Shank, Cyrille Villaflores, Lainey Stewart, Claudia Ng

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Abstract

A decentralized node may generate a network of decentralized nodes individually configured to store, receive, and transmit data based on rules associated with the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may associate a decentralized identity of an entity with a select decentralized node of the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may present a user interface including one or more access controls at a edge device, the access controls configuring rules to be applied to third-party access and modification of decentralized identity data associated within the decentralized identity of the entity and stored at the selected decentralized node. A decentralized node may identify the decentralized identity data accessible to the select decentralized node based on the rules. A decentralized node may store the decentralized identity data within the decentralized identity associated with the entity at the select decentralized node.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving a first authorization for a first server to modify decentralized identity data included as part of a decentralized identity associated with an entity and maintained in a personal datastore at a decentralized node of a plurality of decentralized nodes, the decentralized identity accessible via a respective application programming interface (API) of the personal datastore, the first authorization having first access controls provided by the entity, and the personal datastore is locatable at the decentralized node from the plurality of decentralized nodes using a decentralized identifier associated with the entity;
receiving a second authorization for a second server to read a portion of the decentralized identity data of the decentralized identity from the personal datastore, the second authorization having second access controls provided by the entity that are different than the first access controls;
determining, based on a first signal from the first server, that the first access controls are met;
extending access to modify the decentralized identity data of the decentralized identity included in the decentralized node to the first server based on the first access controls being met by the first signal;
determining based on a second signal that second access controls are met;
and
extending access to the decentralized identity data of the decentralized identity as modified by the first server and included in the decentralized node to the second server based on the second access controls being met by the second signal.

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A system comprising:

a processing device;
and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, responsive to execution by the processing device, causes the processing device to perform operations including:
locating a network of a plurality of decentralized nodes individually configured to store, receive, and transmit data based on rules associated with the decentralized nodes;
associating a personal datastore at a select decentralized node of the plurality of decentralized nodes, the personal datastore locatable using a decentralized identifier associated with an entity;
associating a decentralized identity of the entity with the personal datastore at the select decentralized node of the decentralized nodes;
presenting a user interface including one or more access controls, the one or more access controls configuring rules executable by the personal datastore for controlling data sharing access by a plurality of third-party entities to the decentralized identity at the personal datastore at the select decentralized node, the personal datastore located using the decentralized identifier;
identifying information of the decentralized identity that is accessible by a first third-party entity to be shared with a second third-party entity of the plurality of third-party entities based on the rules, the rules specifying the information from a plurality of portions of information accessible, respectively, via a plurality of application programming interfaces at the personal datastore;
communicating data by the first third-party entity to the second third-party entity, the data identifying a respective application programming interface of the plurality of application programming interfaces, via which, the identified information of the decentralized identity is accessible;
and
sharing the information of the decentralized identity via the respective application programming interface of the personal datastore by the select decentralized node with the second third-party entity based on the rules and the data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/194,574Filed 31 Mar 2023 · continuation
Priority: 3 Jun 2022
Granted: 13 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

G06Q 20/10
Payment architectures: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems
G06Q 20/223
Payment schemes or models: based on the use of peer-to-peer networks
G06Q 20/32
Characterised by the use of specific devices or networks: using wireless devices