US 12,413,441 B2
Blockchain-based IoT
John E. Brower, Fairfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/620,042.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/457,560, filed on Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340194 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/2807 (2013.01) [H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for user control of one or more devices located within a physical space, the method comprising:
creating a network block in response to a user input, the network block including network identifying metadata, wherein the network identifying metadata includes a list of the one or more devices located within the physical space;
writing the network block to a ledger under a first user profile;
linking the network block to a host server;
receiving a first request to modify the network block;
modifying the network block in response to receiving the first request,
wherein modifying the network block includes at least one selected from a group consisting of adding network identifying metadata to the network block, deleting network identifying metadata from the network block, and altering the network identifying metadata within the network block;
receiving a second request to transfer ownership of the network block; and
linking the network block to a second user profile in response to receiving the second request,
wherein linking the network block to the second user profile transfers ownership of the list of the one or more devices located within the physical space to the second user profile.