US 12,147,982 B1
Distributed ledger for device management
Bharat Prasad, San Antonio, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Minya Liang, Redmond, WA (US); and Thomas Bret Buckingham, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,773.
Application 18/357,773 is a continuation of application No. 17/853,412, filed on Jun. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,763,305.
Application 17/853,412 is a continuation of application No. 15/905,395, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,392,947, issued on Jul. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/463,824, filed on Feb. 27, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/06 (2013.01); G06Q 20/325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a decentralized device management system, a request from an Internet of Things (IoT) device to transmit a message to an external service, wherein the IoT device and the external service utilize different communication protocols;
determining, by the decentralized device management system, whether the IoT device is authorized to transmit the message to the external service based at least in part on permission information stored on a distributed ledger of the decentralized device management system, the permission information relating to one or more constraints on the request; and
transmitting, by the decentralized device management system, a command to the IoT device to enable the IoT device to transmit the message from the IoT device to the external service across the different communication protocols upon determination that the IoT device is authorized to transmit the message to the external service.