US 11,774,937 B2
Product procurement with automated qualification
Robert M. Irwin, Woodinville, WA (US); and Kenneth Allen Hartsock, Marysville, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/688,673.
Prior Publication US 2021/0149365 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 7/66 (2006.01); G05B 19/406 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G05B 19/406 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32039 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer device comprising:
a processor; and
operatively coupled to the processor, a computer-memory system holding instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the computer device to instantiate a node of a blockchain having verifiable provenance, the blockchain including:
a requestor block configured to specify at least one requested feature of a requested product based on a result of an automated test procedure conducted on an offered product corresponding to the requested product, the at least one requested feature including a design benchmark for the requested product; and
an offerer block cryptographically linked to the requestor block, the offerer block including offerer data that reveals a level of compliance of the offered product with respect to the at least one requested feature, thereby establishing whether the design benchmark is satisfied in the offered product, the offerer data obtained by conducting the automated test procedure on the offered product.