Blockchain Battery Analytics Server for Tamper-Proof Data Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Centralized database systems face issues such as single points of failure, dependency on network connectivity, limited access, and lack of data redundancy, which hinder efficient monitoring and management of battery data in a multi-user environment like electric vehicle charging stations.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a blockchain-based decentralized database system that uses a shared immutable ledger to record battery data, enabling secure, tamper-proof storage and management of battery usage history, allowing multiple entities to access and verify battery data for quality assessment and lifecycle management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a centralized database is used to store battery data, then data management is simple and control is centralized, but the system has a single point of failure and limited access

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata management simplicityVSAvoidsystem availability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the centralized database into multiple distributed nodes across the blockchain network. Each node maintains a copy of the battery data, eliminating the single point of failure while preserving data management capabilities through distributed consensus mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates multiple copies of the battery data across different blockchain nodes. Instead of storing data in a single centralized location, the same data is replicated and stored distributedly, ensuring that if one node fails, the data remains accessible from other nodes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Quantity of substance

If a centralized database is used, then data storage is efficient, but multiple entities cannot access the same data simultaneously without creating conflicts

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata storage efficiencyVSAvoidconcurrent access capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the monolithic centralized database into distributed data segments across multiple blockchain nodes. This allows different entities to access different segments simultaneously without conflicts, as each node can independently process access requests while maintaining data consistency through consensus.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The blockchain consensus mechanism acts as an intermediary that coordinates simultaneous data access requests from multiple entities. Instead of direct access to a centralized database that causes conflicts, the consensus protocol mediates access, ensuring data integrity while enabling concurrent operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If a centralized database is used, then network dependency is minimized, but access speed is limited by single location bottlenecks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork architecture simplicityVSAvoiddata access speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data storage function across multiple geographically distributed nodes in the blockchain network. This eliminates the bottleneck of a single location by allowing data access from multiple parallel points, significantly improving access speed while maintaining relatively simple network architecture through standard peer-to-peer communication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

4Quantity of substance

If a centralized database is used, then data redundancy is minimized, but data loss is difficult to retrieve

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata redundancyVSAvoiddata recoverability

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates multiple redundant copies of the battery data across different blockchain nodes. Instead of storing data once in a centralized database with minimal redundancy, the same data is copied and distributed across the network, ensuring that if data is lost from one location, it can be retrieved from other nodes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements data redundancy in advance through distributed copying across the blockchain network. This beforehand cushioning ensures that even if hardware failure or data loss occurs at any single node, the data remains protected and recoverable from other nodes, preventing catastrophic data loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Data Source

PatentUS11035903B2Monitoring of batteries in blockchain networks

Publication Date: 2021.06.15 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

AI summary

An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a battery analytics server, to a blockchain network that includes a plurality of charging station nodes, acquiring, by the battery analytics server, a current battery data from a charging station node of the plurality of the charging station nodes, the current battery data includes a battery identification (ID), storing, by the battery analytics server, the current battery data with a timestamp onto a blockchain ledger, comparing, by the battery analytics server, the current battery data against a pre-stored battery data based on the battery ID, and in response to a match, issuing, by the battery analytics server, a certification for a battery to be released from the charging station node of the plurality of the charging station nodes to a user.