Digital agreement management on digital twin ownership change
View Patent ↗Managing digital asset representation of physical assets upon transfer of ownership of the physical asset and its digital representation, for example a digital twin. Detecting a change-of-ownership event prompts a new owner to cause generation of a new digital agreement based on the original digital agreement subject to any desired modifications. A new digital twin and a new digital agreement are generated. Data may be written to a blockchain.
1. A method for managing a digital representation of a physical asset using a digital agreement, comprising:
detecting a change-of-ownership event for a first digital representation of a physical asset, the first digital representation having an associated first digital agreement, and wherein the first digital representation comprises a digital twin, wherein the digital twin comprises a data model that mimics the physical asset as well as tracked experiences and state changes affecting the physical asset;
generating a second digital representation of the physical asset within a non-transitory storage device based on detecting the change-of-ownership event;
updating a digital record comprising the second digital representation to refer to location information of the second digital representation within the non-transitory storage device; and
linking the second digital representation with the physical asset, wherein the linking comprises modifying the digital record to refer to unique identifying information of the physical asset.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first digital representation has a first owner, and wherein the method further comprises:
providing a second owner with access to one or more parts of the first digital representation; and
prompting the second owner to take an action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, from the second owner, an acceptance action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating new terms for inclusion in the second digital agreement based on the acceptance action, wherein generating a second digital agreement is based on the new terms.
5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, from the second owner, a modification action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
generating new terms for inclusion in a second digital agreement based on the modification action, wherein generating the second digital agreement is based on the new terms.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
recording, in a blockchain ledger, an entry corresponding to changes to any of the change-in-ownership event, the first digital representation, the second digital representation, the first digital agreement, and a second digital agreement.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein data of the first digital agreement and the second digital agreement are recorded as entries in the blockchain ledger, the method further comprising:
recording a voiding entry in the blockchain ledger indicating that the first digital agreement is voided.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first digital agreement and the second digital agreement are associated with one or more owners, the one or more owners being participants in a blockchain network.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the change-in-ownership event comprises detecting an electronic representation of a sale transaction, a donation transaction, a gift transaction, or a decommissioning transaction.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a second digital representation of the physical asset based on detecting the change-of-ownership event comprises changing at least one term in the first digital agreement when generating a second digital agreement, the at least one term being selected from the group consisting of:
a first set of attributes of the first digital representation associated with the first digital agreement, the first set of attributes being designated for transfer to the second digital agreement;
a second set of attributes of the first digital representation associated with the first digital agreement, the second set of attributes being designated for destruction;
a third set of attributes of the first digital representation associated with the first digital agreement, the third set of attributes being designated for remaining with the first digital representation but not transferred to the second digital representation; and
a fourth set of attributes of the first digital representation associated with the first digital agreement, the fourth set of attributes being designated for sharing with a particular user.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the changed at least one term in the first digital agreement, when generating the second digital agreement, comprises the fourth set of attributes, the method further comprising:
generating one or more terms in the second digital agreement, based on designating the fourth set of attributes for sharing with a particular user, the one or more terms defining a set of Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensor reading data of the second digital agreement for sharing with the particular user.
13. A computer program product for managing a digital representation of a physical asset using a digital agreement, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the programming instructions being executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
detecting a change-of-ownership event for a first digital representation of a physical asset, the first digital representation having an associated first digital agreement, and wherein the first digital representation comprises a digital twin, wherein the digital twin comprises a data model that mimics the physical asset as well as tracked experiences and state changes affecting the physical asset;
generating a second digital representation of the physical asset within a non-transitory storage device based on detecting the change-of-ownership event;
updating a digital record comprising the second digital representation to refer to location information of the second digital representation within the non-transitory storage device; and
linking the second digital representation with the physical asset, wherein the linking comprises modifying the digital record to refer to unique identifying information of the physical asset.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the first digital representation has a first owner, and wherein the programming instructions further comprise instructions for:
providing, by the processor, a second owner with access to one or more parts of the first digital representation; and
prompting, by the processor, the second owner to take an action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the programming instructions further comprise instructions for:
receiving, by the processor, from the second owner, an acceptance action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the programming instructions further comprise instructions for:
generating, by the processor, new terms for inclusion in a second digital agreement based on the acceptance action, wherein generating the second digital agreement is based on the new terms.
17. The compute program product of claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions for:
receiving, by the processor, from the second owner, a modification action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
18. A computer system for managing a digital representation of a physical asset using a digital agreement, the computer system comprising one or more computer devices having one or more processors and one or more tangible storage devices, and a program embodied on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program having a plurality of program instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
detecting a change-of-ownership event for a first digital representation of a physical asset, the first digital representation having an associated first digital agreement, and wherein the first digital representation comprises a digital twin, wherein the digital twin comprises a data model that mimics the physical asset as well as tracked experiences and state changes affecting the physical asset;
generating a second digital representation of the physical asset within a non-transitory storage device based on detecting the change-of-ownership event;
updating a digital record comprising the second digital representation to refer to location information of the second digital representation within the non-transitory storage device; and
linking the second digital representation with the physical asset, wherein the linking comprises modifying the digital record to refer to unique identifying information of the physical asset.
19. The computer system of claim 18 , wherein the first digital representation has a first owner, and wherein the programming instructions further comprise instruction for:
providing a second owner with access to one or more parts of the first digital representation; and
prompting the second owner to take an action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.
20. The computer system of method of claim 18 , wherein the programming instructions further comprise instruction for:
receiving, from the second owner, an acceptance action relative to terms of the first digital agreement.