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Methods and systems implemented in a network architecture with nodes capable of performing message-based transactions

OwnerEnrico Maiminventor

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Abstract

A method for establishing connection weights between network nodes is implemented by communicating data processing units, a public key and a private key being associated with each node, a given node being able to communicate its public key to another node, thus forming a so-called real connection (“IRL-connected”) between two nodes, and each node also being able to communicate to another node a public key received from yet another node, thus forming a so-called indirect connection between the other node and the yet another node. Each node can have a specific connection weight in relation to another node with which it has a real or indirect connection. In order to determine the connection weight of a second node in relation to a first node, the method comprises calculating a set combination of weighting factors (influence, proximity) of third nodes that are IRL-connected to the second node.

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Dependent claims

A network of nodes implemented in respective trusted hardware devices capable of executing instructions of executable codes, each node being configured to prevent changes to an executable code loaded in a node memory for execution, each node being further configured to trigger the execution of instructions of a given executable code only in response to a message of a specific message type, the specific message type containing a designation of said given executable code comprising a hash of said executable code, and each executable code being configured to output to other nodes only messages of said specific message type, so as to trigger the execution of instructions of the same executable code in said other nodes in response to the reception by said other nodes of the outputted message, wherein said network of nodes is configured so that triggered execution of the same executable code results in smart contract authenticity and integrity properties for that executable code, without the use of a blockchain.

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Facts

Application: 18/463,863Filed 8 Sep 2023 · continuation
Priority: FR 16/5035215 Jan 2016
Published: US 2024/0048376 A18 Feb 2024
Granted: 18 Aug 2026
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Classification19 codes

H04L 9/14
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: using a plurality of keys…
G06F 21/44
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: program or device authentication
G06F 21/51
Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems: at application…
G06Q 20/065
Private payment circuits, e.g. involving electronic currency used among participants of a common payment scheme: using e-cash

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Application15/123,663Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Jan 2016
PCT/IB2016/050440Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Jan 2016
PCT/EP2017/050041Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Jan 2017
Application16/068,497Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jan 2017
PCT/IB2017/050228Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jan 2017
Application17/509,607Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Oct 2021
US 11,159,318 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Oct 2021
US 2024/0048376 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Feb 2024
Application17/509,607Parent of this continuation-in-part
PCT/IB2017/050228Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2019/0013943 A1Published application
US 2022/0069994 A1Published application
US 2024/0064014 A9Published application
US 12,712,729 B2This patent

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