Linking digital and physical non-fungible items
AssigneeAethon Operations, LLC
InventorsJason Sean Gagne-Keats, Gary Anderson, Wolfgang Wesley Muller, Jean-Baptiste Charles Theou
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Abstract
The technology relates to a technique for representing a unique physical asset such as a smartphone with a unique (singular) digital asset such as a non-fungible token (NFT). The NFT and related metadata can be stored on a blockchain to verify ownership of the digital asset. In one example, the NFT is produced based on a unique identifier (IMEI) for the smartphone. Other examples of physical assets with unique identifiers include automobiles, real property, etc.
Claims14
A method for linking digital and physical non-fungible items performed by a computer program executing on an electronic device, the method comprising:
- generating a first identifier for a physical item;
- receiving a confirmation from a first cryptography-based storage application on a user device or the physical item;
- extracting from the confirmation a second identifier related to the first identifier for comparison against the first identifier to determine ownership of the physical item;
- based on the comparison, confirming the first cryptography-based storage application is owned by a user who owns the user device or the physical item;
- generating a first cryptographic token based on the first identifier,
- wherein the first cryptographic token is associated with a first entry in a metadata database;
- committing the first cryptographic token to a blockchain;
- assigning the first cryptographic token to the first cryptography-based storage application;
- requesting a profile of data on the physical item at regular intervals of time,
- wherein the profile of data describes a plurality of resource allocations to the physical item;
- and
- storing the profile of data in the metadata database.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- generating a first cryptographic token,
- wherein the first cryptographic token is generated using a unique identifier of a physical item;
- committing the first cryptographic token to a blockchain;
- assigning the first cryptographic token to a first cryptography-based storage application of a first user;
- receiving a shipping request for the physical item from a second user, the shipping request including a physical address of the second user;
- transmitting a request for transferring the physical item to the physical address based on the first cryptography-based storage application;
- causing a transfer of the first cryptographic token based on the request for transferring the physical item;
- receiving a login request for accessing the physical item,
- wherein the login request includes an address associated with the first cryptography-based storage application and a cryptographic signature generated using a private key of the first cryptography-based storage application;
- determining, using the cryptographic signature, that the first cryptography-based storage application controls the first cryptographic token;
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- granting access to the physical item responsive to the login request.
A method for linking digital and physical non-fungible items performed by a computer program executing on an electronic device, the method comprising:
- generating a first identifier for a physical item;
- receiving a confirmation from a first cryptography-based storage application on a user device or the physical item;
- extracting from the confirmation a second identifier related to the first identifier for comparison against the first identifier to determine ownership of the physical item;
- confirming the first cryptography-based storage application is owned by a user who owns the user device or the physical item based on the comparison;
- generating a first cryptographic token based on the first identifier,
- wherein the first cryptographic token is associated with a first entry in a metadata database;
- committing the first cryptographic token to a blockchain;
- assigning the first cryptographic token to the first cryptography-based storage application;
- receiving a request for a replacement of the physical item from the first cryptography-based storage application;
- and
- using a blockchain operation, verifying that the first cryptographic token is assigned to the first cryptography-based storage application.
A method for linking digital and physical non-fungible items performed by a computer program executing on an electronic device, the method comprising:
- generating a first identifier for a physical item;
- receiving a confirmation from a first cryptography-based storage application on a user device or the physical item;
- extracting from the confirmation a second identifier related to the first identifier for comparison against the first identifier to determine ownership of the physical item;
- confirming the first cryptography-based storage application is owned by a user who owns the user device or the physical item based on the comparison;
- generating a first cryptographic token based on the first identifier,
- wherein the first cryptographic token is associated with a first entry in a metadata database;
- committing the first cryptographic token to a blockchain;
- assigning the first cryptographic token to the first cryptography-based storage application;
- receiving, from the first cryptography-based storage application, a request for transference of the first cryptographic token,
- wherein the request for transference indicates a destination cryptographic address corresponding to a second cryptography-based storage application;
- verifying that the first cryptographic token is assigned to the first cryptography-based storage application using a blockchain operation;
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- assigning the first cryptographic token to the second cryptography-based storage application at the destination cryptographic address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.