BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ATTESTATION SERVICE

A method, comprising: obtaining a data item that is associated with an IoT device, the IoT device including one or more of a sensor, an actuator, or an energy source; obtaining, from a blockchain-based attestation system, a trust score that is associated with the data item, the trust score being gen...

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Main Authors Tabet, Said, Sohail, Mohamed
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.07.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, comprising: obtaining a data item that is associated with an IoT device, the IoT device including one or more of a sensor, an actuator, or an energy source; obtaining, from a blockchain-based attestation system, a trust score that is associated with the data item, the trust score being generated by using a consensus-building mechanism that is provided by the blockchain-based attestation system; when the trust score satisfies a predetermined condition, using the data item; and when the trust score fails to satisfy the predetermined condition, discarding the data item, wherein the IoT device is configured to operate as a node in the blockchain-based attestation system, and the blockchain-based attestation system includes one or more other IoT devices that are part of the same IoT device network as the IoT device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117152037