US 11,676,098 B2
Digital twin management in IoT systems
Joseph G. Berti, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); and Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/392,414.
Application 16/392,414 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/190,822, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/589,222, filed on Nov. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0354922 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a digital representation of a physical asset, comprising:
instantiating a digital representation comprising a digital twin of a physical asset on a first tangible storage device, the digital representation having a plurality of attributes, and wherein the digital twin is an evolving virtual data model that mimics the physical asset and all associated experiences and state changes;
associating a unique identifier with the digital representation of the physical asset;
recording, in a digital registry, a data record comprising the unique identifier and a location of the digital representation of the physical asset, the location comprising location information of the first storage device;
responsive to detecting a change in ownership event, copying the digital representation of the physical asset to a second storage device, wherein the first and second storage devices are separate tangible storage devices;
updating the data record recorded in the digital registry to associate the digital representation of the physical asset with the second storage device in addition to the first storage device; and
removing the digital representation of the physical asset from the first storage device.