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Application US20190052453


Published 2019-02-14

Apparatus And Method For Using Blockchains With Secure Custody Transfer Data, Sealing Data, And Other Data Associated With Material Transfers

A method includes obtaining data associated with material that is transferred during a material transfer involving multiple parties and/or equipment associated with the material transfer. The method also includes generating an update to a blockchain based on the data and updating a local copy of the blockchain using the update. The method further includes publishing the update to one or more nodes for updating one or more additional copies of the blockchain. The blockchain could identify one or more sealing actions associated with one or more seals applied to the equipment or components of the equipment, such as when the blockchain sequentially identifies all sealing actions applied to the equipment or the components of the equipment. The data could include contents of a document associated with the transfer of the material, and the update to the blockchain could include the contents or a hash of the contents.



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3 Independent Claims

  • 1. A method comprising: obtaining data associated with at least one of: (i) material that is transferred during a material transfer involving multiple parties and (ii) equipment associated with the material transfer; generating an update to a blockchain based on the data; updating a local copy of the blockchain using the update; and publishing the update to one or more nodes for updating one or more additional copies of the blockchain.

  • 8. An apparatus comprising: at least one memory configured to store data associated with at least one of: (i) material that is transferred during a material transfer involving multiple parties and (ii) equipment associated with the material transfer; and at least one processor configured to: generate an update to a blockchain based on the data; update a local copy of the blockchain using the update; and publish the update to one or more nodes for updating one or more additional copies of the blockchain.

  • 15. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to: obtain data associated with at least one of: (i) material that is transferred during a material transfer involving multiple parties and (ii) equipment associated with the material transfer; generate an update to a blockchain based on the data; update a local copy of the blockchain using the update; and publish the update to one or more nodes for updating one or more additional copies of the blockchain.