US 11,861,360 B2
Management method, management apparatus, and program
Junji Michiyama, Fukuoka (JP); Junichiro Soeda, Nara (JP); Yuji Unagami, Osaka (JP); Yuuki Hirose, Osaka (JP); Tetsuji Fuchikami, Osaka (JP); and Motoji Ohmori, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,402.
Application 17/557,402 is a continuation of application No. 16/441,744, filed on Jun. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,237,823.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/686,329, filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-065324 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113963 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/71 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/71 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management method for software versions, the management method to be executed by a version management system, the management method comprising:
receiving request information by a first management apparatus among management apparatuses which are included in the version management system and have distributed ledgers, the request information indicating a requested version requested by a user;
obtaining first transaction data and second transaction data, based on a predetermined distribution ratio, the first transaction data indicating that the user provides a first number of tokens to a first software developer who has developed the requested version, the second transaction data indicating that the first software developer provides a second number of tokens to a second software developer who has developed a previous version of the requested version; and
storing the first transaction data and the second transaction data in the distributed ledgers through execution of a consensus algorithm by the management apparatuses.