Reputation-based device registry
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsAndrew L. Wells, William Daryl Cammack
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Abstract
A distributed system and method for associating reputation to device registration is disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include receiving a request for a device interaction from a requesting device. A blockchain registry can then be accessed in response to the request. An approval threshold can be prepared for an approval of the request. Input votes regarding the approval can be received from one or more acting member devices. In response to achieving the approval threshold, the device interaction can be established between the requesting device and one or more connected devices. Then, the device interaction can be recorded in the blockchain registry.
Claims20
A device registration system for reputation-based device communication, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
- a communication module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to receive a request for a device interaction with one or more member devices from a requesting device, and to receive an input vote from one or more acting member devices of the one or more member devices;
- an evaluation module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to access a blockchain registry to determine a reputation for at least one of the acting member devices, and to prepare an approval threshold for the device interaction with the one or more member devices;
- and
- a coordination module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to determining the input vote satisfies the approval threshold, approve the device interaction between the requesting device and the one or more member devices, the reputation of the acting member devices being staked on the device interaction, and to record the device interaction in the blockchain registry.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for reputation-based device communication and storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a request for a device interaction with one or more member devices from a requesting device;
- receive an input vote from one or more acting member devices of the one or more member devices;
- access a blockchain registry to determine a reputation for at least one of the acting member devices;
- prepare an approval threshold for the device interaction with the one or more member devices;
- in response to determining the input vote satisfies the approval threshold, approve the device interaction between the requesting device and the one or more member devices, the reputation of the acting member devices being staked on the device interaction;
- and
- record the device interaction in the blockchain registry.
A method for reputation-based device communication, comprising:
- receiving a request for a device interaction with one or more member devices from a requesting device;
- receiving an input vote from one or more acting member devices of the one or more member devices;
- accessing a blockchain registry to determine a reputation for at least one of the acting member devices;
- preparing an approval threshold for the device interaction with the one or more member devices;
- in response to determining the input vote satisfies the approval threshold, approving the device interaction between the requesting device and the one or more member devices, the reputation of the acting member devices being staked on the device interaction;
- and
- recording the device interaction in the blockchain registry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.