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Solution Overview

Problem

Centralized databases face issues such as single points of failure, dependency on network connectivity, limited access, and slow transaction speeds, along with minimal data redundancy and security concerns.

Innovation Solution

A decentralized database system utilizing a blockchain network for secure, distributed storage and transfer of cryptocurrency values through smart notes, which connect to a blockchain ledger, manage private keys, and display trusted symbols to ensure data integrity and security.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a centralized database is used to store data, then data management and control are simplified, but the system has a single point of failure and limited access capability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata management and controlVSAvoidsingle point of failure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the centralized database into multiple distributed nodes across a network. Each node maintains a copy of the data, eliminating the single point of failure. The data is segmented and distributed across multiple locations, allowing the system to remain operational even if some nodes fail.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates multiple copies of the data and distributes them across different nodes in the network. Each node stores redundant copies, ensuring data availability and reliability. This copying mechanism allows any node to serve data requests, improving system resilience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Device complexity

If a centralized database is used, then data storage is simplified, but network connectivity dependency increases and transaction speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata storage structureVSAvoidtransaction speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the monolithic centralized database into multiple distributed database nodes. Each node can independently process transactions locally, reducing network dependency for read operations. This segmentation enables parallel processing across nodes, significantly improving transaction throughput and speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from a single-dimensional centralized storage model to a multi-dimensional distributed network architecture. Data can be accessed through multiple paths and nodes simultaneously, adding dimensional complexity that enables parallel query execution and faster data retrieval across the network.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Quantity of substance

If a centralized database maintains a single copy of data, then data redundancy is minimized, but access capability from multiple devices is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata redundancyVSAvoidaccess capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the single data copy into multiple distributed copies across different nodes. Each node holds a portion or full copy of the data, enabling simultaneous access from multiple devices. This segmentation strategy maintains data consistency while dramatically improving access capability and system adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements multiple copies of the data distributed across the network nodes. Each copy is identical and can serve independent access requests, enabling concurrent access from multiple devices without compromising data integrity. This copying approach enhances both access capability and system versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

4Reliability

If a centralized database is used, then security control is centralized, but the system lacks fault tolerance and data recovery capability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity controlVSAvoidhardware failure impact
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements beforehand cushioning by distributing data copies across multiple nodes before any failure occurs. This proactive redundancy ensures that if hardware failure, network issues, or security breaches affect one node, the system can immediately switch to alternative nodes, providing fault tolerance and data recovery capability without service interruption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Data Source

PatentUS11769147B2Secure smart note
Publication Date: 2023.09.26 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a smart note, to a blockchain configured to store an asset of a user on a ledger, acquiring, by a smart note, a value of the asset from the ledger, displaying, by a smart note, the value on a display screen located on the smart note in response to a detection of a smart note button press event, generating, by a smart note, an asset address key pair, checking, by a smart note, a status of a private key associated with the smart note, and displaying, by a smart note, a trusted symbol next to the value on the display screen, if the status of the private key indicates that the private key has never been used.