US 11,722,302 B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for combining blockchain technology with digital twins
Alexandra Covaci, Canterbury (GB); Giuseppe Destefanis, London (GB); Simone Madeo, London (GB); Patrick Motylinski, London (GB); and Stephane Vincent, Luxembourg (LU)
Assigned to nChain Licensing AG, Zug (CH)
Appl. No. 16/761,195
Filed by nChain Licensing AG, Zug (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/058256
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/087006, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1718182 (GB), filed on Nov. 2, 2017; application No. 1719212 (GB), filed on Nov. 20, 2017; and application No. 1804744 (GB), filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0295919 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/3215 (2013.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for a blockchain network, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving data at a node of the blockchain network, wherein said data is generated by a digital twin or derived from data generated by the digital twin; and
storing said data in the blockchain, wherein:
the data stored in the blockchain is associated with a given amount of data generated by the digital twin in a given frame of time;
the data generated by the digital twin is recorded in the node of the blockchain network;
at a time t the node generates a first hash of the data and recording the hash both locally and in the blockchain;
at intervals of time new hashes are generated, based on data received over the intervals of time, so as to generate a chain of hash that is recorded in the blockchain wherein the chain of hash is generated such that each new hash is linked to a previous hash in the chain of hash; and
only the first hash of the data and new hashes are recorded on the blockchain.