US 12,175,408 B2
Hierarchical blockchain architecture for global trade management
David Benayoun, Parkland, FL (US); Leon Turetsky, Bedminster, NJ (US); Jonathan Pekar, La Jolla, CA (US); Felix Pekar, Clarksburg, NJ (US); Eric Pekar, Clarksburg, NJ (US); and Mary Benayoun, Parkland, FL (US)
Assigned to Questaweb Holdings Inc., Clarksburg, NJ (US)
Filed by Questaweb Holdings Inc., Clarksburg, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,919.
Application 17/715,919 is a continuation of application No. 16/156,916, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,341,451.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230131 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0831 (2023.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0831 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06Q 20/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a blockchain comprising:
storing, by a Global Trade Management (GTM) computer, at least one blockchain client;
generating, by the GTM computer, a smart contract for a GTM process, and deploying, by the blockchain client, the generated smart contract to an address of a virtual or physical computational machine on a childchain of the GTM process wherein the GTM process is selected from a group consisting of:
security surveys, database screenings, duty payments, valuation of goods, logistics operations, free trade zone operations, compliance verifications, import and export goods clearance events, goods transfer, and goods classification;
running, by the childchain, the smart contract on the virtual or physical computational machine; receiving, by the childchain, information from a third-party computer network or a system;
monitoring, by the executing smart contract, activity related to the GTM process on the childchain, by reading information received by the childchain;
determining, by the executing smart contract, that the read information requires a digital signature and based on the determination, pushing, by the executing smart contract, a signature verification prompt to the third-party computer network or a system;
receiving, by the executing smart contract, a digital signature, from the third-party computer network or a system; and adding, by the executing smart contract, the information to the childchain;
extracting global trade information from global trade documents;
assembling global trade information into childchain information blocks published on the global trade management childchain blockchain network; and
writing a summary of information published in blocks to a childchain summary block published on a global trade management subchain blockchain.