US 12,147,905 B2
Digital transaction ledger with DNA-related ledger parameter
Andrew C. M. Hicks, Highland, NY (US); Ronald David Boenig, II, Denver, CO (US); Atul Kumar Thapliyal, New Delhi (IN); Scott Woolley, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Daniel John FitzGerald, Danbury, CT (US); and Travis Biro, Cold Spring, NY (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Amork, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on May 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/308,267.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358371 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06N 3/123 (2023.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC G06N 3/123 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2315 (2019.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining DNA-based data unique to a particular entity, the obtaining comprising:
using a DNA sequencer to extract an ATCG nucleotide chain section from a DNA sample unique to the particular entity;
splitting the ATCG nucleotide chain section into multiple distinct nucleotide base sequences, each nucleotide base sequence comprising a unique sequence of nucleotide bases in the ATCG nucleotide chain section; and
encoding each nucleotide base sequence of the multiple distinct nucleotide base sequences with a different numerical value, and providing the numerical values as a string unique to the ATCG nucleotide chain section based on location of the multiple distinct nucleotide base sequences in the ATCG nucleotide chain section, the DNA-based data including the string unique to the ATCG nucleotide chain section;
generating a digital DNA-related ledger parameter using the DNA-based data including the string unique to the ATCG nucleotide chain section; and
integrating the digital DNA-related ledger parameter into a digital transaction ledger, linking the digital transaction ledger, at least in part, to the DNA-based data to facilitate executing a DNA-related transaction along the digital transaction ledger.