Using blockchain to track information for devices on a network

Abstract

Provided is using blockchain to track information for devices on a network. The method thereof includes the steps: receiving a plurality of communications at a first gateway, wherein each communication includes the information indicating the state of one of a plurality of devices; grouping the information of more than two communications from the plurality of communications into a single transaction record which may include hashes of a preceding transaction record for the network; and sending the single transaction record to a server from the first gateway. Efficiently and reliably tracking information for devices in a network, for example, a heterogeneous network of a plurality of devices of different types, includes collecting and storing information in a computationally efficient and secure manner that ensures to a high degree of certainty the integrity of the information for future access and use.

Description

[0001] Cross reference to related applications [0002] This application claims the priority of US provisional patent application 62 / 524,807 named "Blockchain" filed on June 26, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference. Technical field [0003] This application relates to the field of equipment monitoring and management, in particular to the field of maintaining equipment information. Background technique [0004] For a product / machine from its production to its use and maintenance until its end of life, there is a product "food" chain for many industries. S-I-P-D-U-O or SIPDUO is an example of a model of such a food chain, in which the supplier S delivers part of the equipment (such as a machine) to the integrator I. I integrate the subsystems of the device and deliver it to the manufacturer P. P produces the equipment and sells it to dealer D. The dealer installs the device at the user U, and the user U operates the device. In some cases, operator O is required to colle...

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[0005] Furthermore, in equipment comprising many subcomponents, such as in machines comprising multiple parts, it is often difficult to reliably track the status of and / or manage the many different subcomponents

The inability to reliably track status information makes it difficult to determine the cause of performance problems or failures of equipment sub-components, such as part of determining who caused the problem and when it was caused (such as during production or use)

Even if information is tracked during the production, transportation, installation, and use of a device, such information may be susceptible to future manipulation, making such information inherently unreliable

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