Blockchain SIPP Architecture for Private Tier-Aware Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-tier, multi-party systems face barriers to data sharing across tiers due to lack of trust, connectivity, privacy concerns, and inadequate governance, leading to inefficiencies and risks in supply chain visibility and resilience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a blockchain-enabled Secure Information Payload Packet (SIPP) technology with a decentralized data network and Secure Data Vault (SDV) to enable secure, tier-aware data sharing across a common ledger, using Smart Utility Tokens (SUTs) for secure data exchange and smart contracts to automate data sharing and compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data is recorded in a common database controlled by one party, then instant access and visibility are improved, but trust and security deteriorate due to lack of control and potential manipulation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized database control into a distributed network of nodes, where each participant maintains a copy of the ledger. This segmentation eliminates the single point of control while maintaining data visibility across all participants through the shared distributed ledger structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces cryptographic intermediaries (digital signatures, hash functions, and consensus mechanisms) that mediate between data participants. These cryptographic intermediaries ensure data integrity and trust without requiring direct interpersonal trust, allowing instant access while maintaining reliability through mathematical verification.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data sharing pathways are established across multiple tiers, then connectivity and access are improved, but complexity of governance and control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal blockchain protocol that serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides data connectivity across tiers, establishes governance rules through smart contracts, ensures security through cryptography, and enables consensus without centralized control. This multi-functional protocol reduces overall system complexity despite increased connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the governance parameter from hierarchical control to decentralized consensus. By altering the fundamental control mechanism from top-down management to distributed agreement protocols, the system achieves high adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized consensus rules.
3Loss of information
If sensitive information is shared across the network, then data completeness and visibility are improved, but privacy and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different participants to have different levels of data visibility and access rights based on their role and permissions. Each participant sees only the data relevant to their function while the overall network maintains complete information, achieving both completeness and privacy through differentiated access control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses cryptographic copying where data is replicated across the network in encrypted form. Each node holds a copy of the data with appropriate decryption keys, allowing complete information distribution while maintaining privacy through selective decryption capabilities based on permissions.
4Productivity
If real-time data sharing is implemented across multi-party systems, then productivity and response time are improved, but system complexity and infrastructure requirements deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automated consensus mechanisms and smart contracts that execute data sharing operations without manual intervention. The system automatically validates, records, and propagates data across the network, achieving real-time productivity while reducing operational complexity through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-establishing the blockchain network infrastructure and consensus protocols before data sharing begins. Once the decentralized ledger and cryptographic frameworks are in place, real-time data sharing occurs automatically without requiring complex coordination infrastructure for each transaction.
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AI summary
In one aspect, a computerized method for a blockchain-enabled secure information payload packet (SIPP) architecture, technology, and protocol for real-time multi-tier data sharing within multi-party systems, such as a plurality of supply chains, according to some embodiments comprising: providing an N-tier supplier network implemented with the blockchain-enabled secure information payload packet SIPP technology, wherein the N-tier supplier network comprises a decentralized data network and enables a plurality of different modalities of data sharing between network members in a tier-aware manner, and wherein the N-tier supplier network records data on a common blockchain ledger; providing a Secure Data Vault (SDV); and implementing the blockchain-enabled Secure Information Payload Packet (SIPP) protocol and the SDV in a Smart Utility Tokens (SUT) context.