Blockchain Ontology Validation via Deferred Approval Transactions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional ontological databases face issues with data validation, ownership tracking, and financial compensation for contributors, leading to unauthentic and inconsistent information, lack of transaction recording, and redundancy in data modifications.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for secure collaborative generation of an ontological databank on a blockchain, which includes receiving and deferring upload transactions for validation, maintaining a trace of modifications, and providing monetary benefits to contributors based on their contributions, ensuring secure and formal data management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If crowdsourced data is used to generate ontology, then data collection is easy and collaborative, but data validation and authenticity cannot be ensured

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata collection efficiencyVSAvoiddata authenticity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary validation actions by requiring approval transactions before ontology modifications are executed. The system defers execution of upload transactions and checks for availability of approval transactions at the end of each ledger cycle, ensuring data is validated before being permanently incorporated into the ontology.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes feedback mechanisms through the approval transaction process where contributors can review and validate uploaded data before it modifies the ontology. This feedback loop ensures that only validated information is permanently stored, maintaining data authenticity while preserving collaborative data collection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If individual ontologies are developed by different organizations, then each organization can maintain control over their data, but contradicting relationships between aspects or items occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveorganizational autonomyVSAvoidontology consistency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple individual ontologies into a single unified ontology stored on the blockchain. The smart contract consolidates data from different organizations while maintaining their contributing rights, eliminating contradictions by providing a single source of truth that all organizations can access and contribute to consistently.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The blockchain-based ontology system serves multiple organizations simultaneously while maintaining universal accessibility. The smart contract enables any organization to read, write, and validate ontology data, creating a multi-functional platform that preserves organizational autonomy while ensuring cross-organizational consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If no transaction recording mechanism is implemented, then the system remains simple and fast, but financial transactions and contributor compensation cannot be tracked

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem processing speedVSAvoidtransaction history

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses blockchain technology to create an immutable copy of all transactions and ontology modifications. The ledger permanently records every upload transaction, approval transaction, and financial transaction, ensuring that no information is lost while maintaining efficient processing through the distributed ledger architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

4Productivity

If no validation mechanism is implemented for crowdsourced data, then data entry is rapid and unrestricted, but unauthentic and incomplete information is introduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata entry speedVSAvoiddata quality

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation actions by requiring approval transactions before ontology modifications are executed. The system defers execution of upload transactions and checks for availability of approval transactions at the end of each ledger cycle, ensuring data is validated before being permanently incorporated into the ontology.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11360964B2Collaborative generation of ontology on a blockchain

Publication Date: 2022.06.14 INNOPLEXUS AG

AI summary

The present invention relates to a system and method of secure collaborative generation of an ontological databank on a blockchain. Ontology on a blockchain results in immutable records of contributions from one or more information contributors. Further, an approval system enables the ontology to remain uncorrupted and free of redundant information. Further, a system and method for accessing one or more data records from an ontological databank on a blockchain is provided wherein for each retrieval of data record, a corresponding information contributor is compensated for his contribution to the ontological databank.