US 2019/0058582 A1 · ACCESSING BLOCKCHAIN DATA FROM APPLICATIONS

Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure providing access to data in blockchain blocks from various applications. In one embodiment, a blockframe component receives read requests from different applications, with each read request specifying a corresponding data model and a corresponding block identifier. In response to each read request, the blockframe component interfaces with the blockchain instance to retrieve a corresponding set of data units from a respective block identified by the corresponding block identifier (specified in the read request). The blockframe component then converts the retrieved set of data units to a corresponding set of data elements according to the application data model specified in the read request and then provides the corresponding set of data elements (according to the respective application data model) to the application sending the read request. As such, accessing blockchain data from different applications is facilitated.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a blockchain instance to store data units in a chain of blocks according to blockchain technology, said blockchain instance specifying a set of operations for accessing data in said chain of blocks;
a first application implemented to operate with a first application data model, said first application to send a write request indicating a first block identifier, a first set of data elements, and said first application data model;
a blockframe component to:
receive said write request;
convert said first set of data elements from said first application data model to a first set of data units;
and
interface with said blockchain instance to store said first set of data units in a first block identified by said first block identifier.

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The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving from a second application, a first read request indicating said first block identifier and said first application data model, said second application also implemented to operate with said first application data model;
interfacing with said blockchain instance to retrieve said first set of data units from said first block identified by said first block identifier;
converting said first set of data units to a second set of data elements according to said first application data model;
and
providing said second set of data elements to said second application as a response to said first read request.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to facilitate applications to access blockchain data stored in a blockchain instance, said blockchain instance being in the form of data units stored in a chain of blocks according to blockchain technology, said blockchain instance specifying a set of operations for accessing data in said chain of blocks, wherein execution of said one or more instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:

receiving from a second application, a first read request indicating a first block identifier and a first application data model, said second application implemented to operate with said first application data model;
interfacing with said blockchain instance to retrieve a first set of data units from a first block identified by said first block identifier;
converting said first set of data units to a second set of data elements according to said first application data model;
and
providing said second set of data elements to said second application as a response to said first read request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Accessing blockchain data from applications

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Abstract

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