Blockchain Product Attribute Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current product certification processes are inefficient due to high human interference, lack of transparency, and security concerns in data storage, making it difficult to reliably and securely validate product attributes such as weight, speed rating, and power rating across various industries.
Innovation Solution
A blockchain-based system that uses a permissioned or permissionless blockchain to record transactions of physical and virtual tests, allowing for immutable and transparent validation of product attributes by authorized parties, reducing human intervention and ensuring data security through a decentralized digital ledger.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional product certification processes are used, then products can be tested for conformance to quality standards, but the process requires high human interference and takes significant time
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service certification where the product certification process is automated through blockchain technology. Test results are automatically recorded, stored, and validated on the blockchain network without requiring manual human intervention for data entry, verification, or storage, thus maintaining quality assurance while significantly reducing processing time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical human-operated certification system with an automated digital system. Human interference in data handling, storage, and validation is eliminated by substituting these functions with blockchain-based automated processes, smart contracts, and digital ledgers that operate without manual intervention
2Reliability
If traditional certification data storage is used, then certification data can be stored, but the data is vulnerable to manipulation and security breaches
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces blockchain technology as an intermediary layer between the certification process and data storage. This intermediary provides a decentralized, immutable ledger that securely stores certification data without requiring complex centralized security systems, thereby enhancing data security while maintaining system manageability
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates distributed copies of certification data across multiple blockchain nodes. Instead of storing data in a single vulnerable location, identical copies are maintained across the decentralized network, ensuring data integrity and security without requiring complex centralized protection mechanisms
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AI summary
A blockchain-based system (105) and method for validating attributes of a product is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processing unit (125), a request for validating the attributes of the product from a source (110-1). Further, one or more components of the product corresponding to the attributes to be validated are identified. Further, a first transaction and a second transaction associated with the one or more components from a blockchain data structure are determined. The first transaction comprises outcomes of a physical test performed on the identified components and the second transaction comprises outcomes of a virtual test performed on virtual models associated with the identifed components. Further, a deviation between the outcomes of the physical test from the first transaction and the outcomes of the virtual test from the second transaction is determined. Based on the deviation determined, the attributes of the product are validated.