US 2016/0261685 A1 · DEFERRED CONFIGURATION OR INSTRUCTION EXECUTION USING A SECURE DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION LEDGER

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods that allow that facilitate communicating a message, independent of a centralized resource, to be retrieved at a future time. In embodiments, a computing device receives a configuration-related message via a block chain maintained by a plurality of decentralized nodes. In embodiments, upon verification of the authenticity of the message, the device will execute the deferred instructions indicated in the message. In embodiments, the instructions may be add functionality or not allow functionality in the device. In embodiments, the instructions may indicate that a smart package should allow the end user to access contents of the package or to not allow access to the contents.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for facilitating deferred configuration of an information handling device, the method comprising:

attempting to access a distributed peer network that maintains a block chain, the block chain comprising a cryptographically linked sets of data blocks;
responsive to being able to access the distributed peer network, obtaining at least part of the block chain;
examining one or more of the data blocks for a message directed to the device;
responsive to identifying a message directed to the information handling device, verifying whether the message was sent by an authorized entity;
and
responsive to the message being from a verified authorized entity, executing one or more instructions in the message.

3 more elements

An information handling device comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the processor;
one or more network interfaces, communicatively coupled to the processor, that provides access to one or more networks;
and
a deferred instructions subsystem comprising:
a block chain communication proxy, communicatively coupled to the network interface, that interfaces with one or more decentralized nodes of a peer network, the peer network comprising a plurality of nodes that maintain a cryptographically secure and public block chain comprising a cryptographically linked sets of data blocks;
a message receiving component that identifies a message in the block chain directed to the information handling device and extracts the message;
a user authentication component, communicatively coupled to the message receiving component, that receives at least part of the message from the message receiving component and authenticates that the message originated from an authorized entity from which the information handling device should take instruction;
and
an execution component, communicatively coupled to the message receiving module, that executes one or more instructions in the message that affect a feature related to the information handling device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/732,504Filed 5 Jun 2015

Priority

2 Mar 2015

Published

8 Sep 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 67/104
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
H04L 9/3242
Using cryptographic hash functions: involving keyed hash functions, e.g. message authentication codes [MACs], CBC-MAC or HMAC
H04L 9/3247
Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity…:…
H04L 41/082
Characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings: the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality

Family

Application14/635,577Continuation in part · filed 2 Mar 2015

Application14/702,321Continuation in part · filed 1 May 2015

Application14/732,504Continuation in part

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Deferred configuration or instruction execution using a secure distributed transaction ledger

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Deferred configuration or instruction execution using a secure distributed transaction ledger

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Abstract

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