Back to results
US 12,008,144 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for tamper-proof storage of information in respect of object-related measures
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRainer Falk
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is a method and a system for the tamper-proof storage of information about object-related measures which are contained as transactions in transaction blocks that are interlinked in a transaction block chain of the object to which the measures relate, the transaction block chain being stored in an object data memory allocated to the object.
Claims11
A method for tamper-proof storage of information with respect to object-related measures, comprising:
- storing the information with respect to the object-related measures,
- wherein the object-related measures are relating to an object and are contained as transactions in transaction blocks that are linked together in an object-specific transaction blockchain of the object, the object-specific transaction blockchain being stored in an object data memory assigned to the object,
- wherein each transaction is captured,
- wherein each transaction contains a validation program code (VPC),
- wherein the VPC defines rules that specify which transactions are admissible,
- wherein each transaction block of the transaction blocks comprises at least one transaction that specifies a measure undertaken on the object or a measure undertaken by the object itself,
- wherein an additional transaction block, following its successful validation, is linked to the last transaction block situated at the end of the object-specific transaction blockchain of the object,
- wherein the object-specific transaction blockchain of the object is read from the object data memory of the object and the transactions contained in the transaction blocks of the object-specific transaction blockchain are verified as admissible on the basis of their respective validation program code, and
- wherein a transaction verified as admissible on the basis of its validation program code at the time of reading from the object data memory of the object which automatically triggers the measure being undertaken on the object, wherein the measure relates to a change in ownership of the object.
6 more elements
A system for controlling and monitoring measures that can be undertaken on objects or that can be undertaken by objects themselves, comprising:
- a plurality of objects, wherein the plurality of objects are physical devices, wherein an object data memory is assigned to each of the plurality of objects of the system, wherein each transaction contains a validation program code or is assignable to a validation program code, wherein the VPC defines rules that specify which transactions are admissible, and wherein each transaction block of the transaction blocks comprises at least one transaction which indicates a measure carried out on a respective one of the plurality of objects or a measure carried out by the respective one of the plurality of objects, wherein the system is configured to carry out a method that includes:
- storing the information with respect to the object-related measures,
- wherein the object-related measures are relating to an object and are contained as transactions in transaction blocks that are linked together in an object-specific transaction blockchain of the object, the object-specific transaction blockchain being stored in an object data memory assigned to the object,
- wherein each transaction is captured,
- wherein an additional transaction block, following its successful validation, is linked to the last transaction block situated at the end of the object-specific transaction blockchain of the object,
- wherein the object-specific transaction blockchain of the object is read from the object data memory of the object and the transactions contained in the transaction blocks of the object-specific transaction blockchain are verified as admissible on the basis of their respective validation program code, and
- wherein a transaction verified as admissible on the basis of its validation program code at the time of reading from the object data memory of the object which automatically triggers the measure being undertaken on the object, wherein the measure relates to a change in ownership of the object.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.