US 12,481,986 B2
Blockchain consensus protocol using predictive proof of metrics
Venkata Siva Vijayendra Bhamidipati, San Jose, CA (US); Derek Chamorro, San Jose, CA (US); Michael Chan, San Jose, CA (US); Arpit Jain, San Jose, CA (US); Ashok Srinivasa Murthy, San Jose, CA (US); and Anirudh Kamalapuram Muralidhar, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,185.
Application 18/142,185 is a continuation of application No. 16/742,726, filed on Jan. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,676,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/876,314, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298011 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 20/382 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5005 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a first miner from a plurality of miners, parameters of each proposal transaction from a plurality of proposal transactions for service providers to service a client service request, the parameters of at least one proposal transaction from the plurality of proposal transactions being received from a second miner in the plurality of miners;
selecting, by the first miner using a selection algorithm, a first proposal transaction for a first service provider to service the client service request, the first miner selecting the first proposal transaction using the selection algorithm to analyze the plurality of proposal transactions based on the parameters of each proposal transaction, wherein each miner in the plurality of miners analyzes the plurality of proposal transactions using the selection algorithm; and
responsive to selecting the first proposal transaction for the first service provider to service the client service request, appending, by the first miner, a block to a blockchain based on the first proposal transaction.