Object Story Signaling with Hashed Claims for Lifecycle Traceability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to provide a secure and efficient method for maintaining and accessing information about the lifecycle of products across various actors and phases, leading to inefficiencies and mistrust due to the inability to query or maintain information in an online fashion.

Innovation Solution

A distributed computing system that maintains and shares information about product lifecycle phases through a secure, distributed set of computing nodes, using object story data structures that include claims and evidence, which are recursively linked and secured by cryptographic hashes, allowing authorized access and updates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If visual object story signaling is used for consumer communications, then communication can occur without power or electronic components, but the device complexity increases due to mechanical components required for manipulation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenergy consumptionVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces electronic communication systems with a mechanical object manipulation system. Instead of using powered electronic devices to convey information, the system uses physical manipulation of objects (picking up, placing, arranging) to encode and transmit messages. This substitution eliminates the need for power consumption while maintaining communication functionality through mechanical actions that can be observed and interpreted.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If electronic components and power are used for consumer communications, then communication efficiency is high, but the device generates harmful factors through electromagnetic radiation and energy consumption

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidelectromagnetic radiation

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the limitation of no electromagnetic radiation into a beneficial feature by using mechanical object manipulation as the communication medium. The 'harmful' absence of electronic signals is transformed into an advantage where communication occurs through physical actions that are inherently safe, observable, and interpretable without generating electromagnetic interference or requiring energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Adaptability or versatility

If visual object story signaling is implemented, then adaptability to different communication scenarios is improved, but the ease of operation decreases due to manual manipulation requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication adaptabilityVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal communication system where a single set of objects can convey multiple types of information through different manipulation patterns. The same physical objects serve multiple communication functions by varying their arrangement, position, and combination, allowing the system to adapt to different communication scenarios without requiring specialized equipment for each type of message.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4392879B1Object story signaling for consumer communications

Publication Date: 2026.05.20 PROVENANCE CHAIN NETWORK INC

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AI summary

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide object story data structures.