Blockchain Data Marketplace for Electrification Ecosystems

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the electrification ecosystem, the lack of a standardized data framework and integration challenges hinder effective data sharing among multiple stakeholders, such as battery suppliers, OEMs, asset owners, and service partners, which is essential for collaborative workflows and decision-making.

Innovation Solution

The method involves creating or updating shared data schema and data governance rules, submitting them for approval, and applying approved decision logics to enable automated decision optimization across multi-party workflows in the electrification ecosystem.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If data are stored in organization silos to maintain data security and control, then data trust and integration are improved, but data sharing and collaboration among partners are hindered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata trustVSAvoiddata sharing
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a blockchain-based data marketplace as an intermediary layer between organizations. This intermediary enables secure data sharing by providing a trusted environment where data can be exchanged without organizations needing to directly trust each other. The blockchain platform acts as a neutral mediator that ensures data integrity, manages access permissions, and facilitates transactions while maintaining organizational data sovereignty.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments data access permissions and control mechanisms into modular components that can be independently managed. Different levels of data access rights are created, allowing organizations to share specific data subsets while maintaining control over sensitive information. This segmentation enables fine-grained data sharing where partners can access only the data they need for specific collaborations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of manufacture

If pre-defined data schema is used to simplify data collection, then data standardization is improved, but adaptability to evolving business workflows is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata collectionVSAvoidworkflow evolution
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic data schema system that can evolve with changing business requirements. The blockchain platform stores schema definitions that can be updated through consensus mechanisms, allowing the data structure to adapt to new workflows while maintaining historical versioning. This enables the system to transition from static pre-defined schemas to dynamic, evolvable schemas that grow with business needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal data framework that serves multiple functions: it provides standardized data collection capabilities while simultaneously accommodating custom workflow requirements. The blockchain-based platform offers a common infrastructure that can be configured for different industry standards and business processes, making the system universally applicable across diverse electrification ecosystem participants.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If manual data integration processes are used to ensure data quality, then data accuracy is improved, but collaboration efficiency and decision-making speed are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidcollaboration efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual data integration processes with automated blockchain-based mechanisms. Smart contracts automatically validate, verify, and integrate data from multiple sources according to pre-agreed rules stored on the blockchain. This substitution of mechanical manual processes with automated computational processes maintains data accuracy through cryptographic verification while dramatically improving collaboration efficiency and decision-making speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements automated feedback loops where data quality is continuously monitored and verified through blockchain validation mechanisms. The system provides real-time feedback on data integrity, automatically rejecting or correcting problematic data entries. This continuous feedback mechanism maintains high data accuracy standards while operating at automated speeds, eliminating the need for slow manual verification processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12210992B2Multi-party business collaboration platform for electrification ecosystems
Publication Date: 2025.01.28 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

A method for sharing and analyzing information to support execution of multi-party workflows in an electrification ecosystem. The method may include creating or updating shared data schema and data governance rules associated with data to be received from a plurality of parties, wherein the plurality of parties are stakeholders to the multi-party workflows, and the data is associated with a battery system; submitting the shared data schema and the data governance rules for approval to the plurality of parties; creating or updating decision logics associated with the data to be received; submitting the decision logics for approval to the plurality of parties; receiving the data from the plurality of parties; and applying the approved shared data schema, the approved data governance rules, and the approved decision logics to the multi-party workflows and the received data from the plurality of parties to perform automated decision optimization.