US 2024/0202744 A1Published application

Using blockchain technology to determine authenticity of items

AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC

InventorsSamuel RAPOWITZ, Chandra Sekhar Babu NAGAM VENKATA, Fernando A. ALVAREZ, Jeffrey W. EDWARDS

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Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for verifying authenticity of items using blockchain operations. In particular, an authentication system may be used to perform validation operations. The authentication system may monitor a blockchain (e.g., via a blockchain node) for any blockchain operations to an address of a cryptography-based storage application controlled by the authentication system (e.g., an authentication system maintained by the manufacturer of the item). When the authentication system detects such operation, the authentication system may retrieve an identifier of an item (e.g., a serial number) from the blockchain operation and determine, based on the identifier, whether the item is authentic. The authentication system may then use the source address of the cryptography-based storage application that requested verification and generate another blockchain operation to respond and verify authenticity.

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Dependent claims

A system for verifying authenticity using blockchain operations, the system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a server, a notification of a first blockchain operation, wherein the first blockchain operation transfers control of one or more cryptographic tokens from a first cryptography-based storage application associated with a client device of a user to a second cryptography-based storage application associated with the server, and wherein the first blockchain operation stores an identifier of an item for authenticity verification;
retrieving, based on the notification from a blockchain node of a blockchain, blockchain operation data associated with the first blockchain operation;
determining, based on a flag within the blockchain operation data, that the first blockchain operation corresponds to a request to authenticate the item associated with the identifier of the item;
extracting the identifier of the item from the blockchain operation data;
determining, based on the identifier of the item and a location recorded within the blockchain operation data, that the item is authentic;
generating a second blockchain operation for the blockchain, wherein the second blockchain operation transfers control of the one or more cryptographic tokens from the second cryptography-based storage application to the first cryptography-based storage application, and wherein the second blockchain operation stores the identifier of the item and an indication that the item is authentic;
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transmitting the second blockchain operation to the blockchain node.

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A method for verifying authenticity using blockchain operations, the method comprising:

detecting a first blockchain operation that transfers control of one or more cryptographic tokens from a first cryptography-based storage application to a second cryptography-based storage application, wherein the first blockchain operation stores an identifier of an item;
retrieving blockchain operation data associated with the first blockchain operation;
extracting the identifier of the item from the blockchain operation data;
determining, based on the identifier of the item, that the item is authentic;
generating a second blockchain operation, wherein the second blockchain operation transfers control of the one or more cryptographic tokens from the second cryptography-based storage application to the first cryptography-based storage application, and wherein the second blockchain operation stores the identifier of the item and an indication that the item is authentic;
and
transmitting the second blockchain operation to a blockchain node.

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A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting a first blockchain operation that transfers control of one or more cryptographic tokens from a first cryptography-based storage application to a second cryptography-based storage application, wherein the first blockchain operation stores an identifier of an item;
extracting the identifier of the item from the first blockchain operation;
determining, based on the identifier of the item, that the item is authentic;
generating a second blockchain operation, wherein the second blockchain operation transfers control of the one or more cryptographic tokens from the second cryptography-based storage application to the first cryptography-based storage application, and wherein the second blockchain operation stores the identifier of the item and an indication that the item is authentic;
and
transmitting the second blockchain operation to a blockchain node.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 18/066,208Filed 14 Dec 2022
Published: 20 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06Q 30/0185
Certifying business or products: product, service or business identity fraud
G06Q 20/389
Payment protocols; Details thereof: keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction
G06Q 20/401
Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check…:…
H04L 9/50
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: using hash chains, e.g.…

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