IP Library Patent Application 16527662
Patent Application
App. No. 16/527,662

ADAPTIVE AND VERIFIABLE BILL OF MATERIALS

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16/527,662
Abstract

Techniques are provided for producing adaptive and verifiable bills of materials. One method comprises obtaining a verifiable claim associated with a device issued by a supplier of the device, wherein the verifiable claim comprises a decentralized identity for the device with corresponding public attributes; and verifying the verifiable claim for the device using the decentralized identity for the verifiable claim and the corresponding public attributes obtained from a distributed ledger. The verifying comprises, for example, reading a public key from the distributed ledger and verifying a digital signature of the verifiable claim using the public key. The verifiable claim for a given part may comprise a part status and when the part status of the given part indicates a recalled status, one or more predefined recall policies are applied for the given part and/or a device comprising the given part.

Claims (28)

1 . A method, comprising:

obtaining at least one verifiable claim associated with a device issued by at least one supplier of the device, wherein the at least one verifiable claim comprises a decentralized identity for the device with one or more corresponding public attributes; and

verifying the at least one verifiable claim for the device using the decentralized identity for the at least one verifiable claim and one or more of the corresponding public attributes obtained from a distributed ledger.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the verifying comprises reading a public key from the distributed ledger and verifying a digital signature of the verifiable claim using the public key.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim provides one or more of an assurance that the device is a genuine part according to one or more specifications by the manufacturer and an assurance that the device is defect free.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises one or more of a constituent part and a manufactured device comprising a plurality of constituent parts.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for a given part is created by one or more of a manufacturer and a supplier of the given part registering a decentralized identity for the given part with the one or more corresponding public attributes with the distributed ledger.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for the given part comprises one or more of a part serial number; a part creation date; a part provisioned date; quality assurance data; warranty expiration data; and a part status.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the part status of the given part indicates a recalled status, and wherein one or more predefined recall policies are applied for one or more of the given part having the recalled status and a device comprising the given part having the recalled status.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, upon an installation of a new version of a given part in the device, a verifiable claim for a prior version of the given part is revoked; a new verifiable claim is issued for the new version of the given part claim; and a determination is made to determine whether one or more of: (i) one or more of the repair shop and an installer are certified, and (ii) the new version of the given part is compatible with the device.

9 . The method of claim 9 , wherein an audit log for the device records when the one or more of: (i) the one or more of the repair shop and an installer are not certified, and (ii) the new version of the given part is not compatible with the device.

10 . A computer program product, comprising a tangible machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by at least one processing device perform the following steps:

obtaining at least one verifiable claim associated with a device issued by at least one supplier of the device, wherein the at least one verifiable claim comprises a decentralized identity for the device with one or more corresponding public attributes; and

verifying the at least one verifiable claim for the device using the decentralized identity for the at least one verifiable claim and one or more of the corresponding public attributes obtained from a distributed ledger.

11 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the verifying comprises reading a public key from the distributed ledger and verifying a digital signature of the verifiable claim using the public key.

12 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for a given part is created by one or more of a manufacturer and a supplier of the given part registering a decentralized identity for the given part with the one or more corresponding public attributes with the distributed ledger.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for the given part comprises a part status and wherein the part status of the given part indicates a recalled status, and wherein one or more predefined recall policies are applied for one or more of the given part having the recalled status and a device comprising the given part having the recalled status.

14 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein, upon an installation of a new version of a given part in the device, a verifiable claim for a prior version of the given part is revoked; a new verifiable claim is issued for the new version of the given part claim; and a determination is made to determine whether one or more of: (i) one or more of the repair shop and an installer are certified, and (ii) the new version of the given part is compatible with the device.

15 . The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein an audit log for the device records when the one or more of: (i) the one or more of the repair shop and an installer are not certified, and (ii) the new version of the given part is not compatible with the device.

16 . An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps:

obtaining at least one verifiable claim associated with a device issued by at least one supplier of the device, wherein the at least one verifiable claim comprises a decentralized identity for the device with one or more corresponding public attributes; and

verifying the at least one verifiable claim for the device using the decentralized identity for the at least one verifiable claim and one or more of the corresponding public attributes obtained from a distributed ledger.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the verifying comprises reading a public key from the distributed ledger and verifying a digital signature of the verifiable claim using the public key.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for a given part is created by one or more of a manufacturer and a supplier of the given part registering a decentralized identity for the given part with the one or more corresponding public attributes with the distributed ledger.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one verifiable claim for the given part comprises a part status and wherein the part status of the given part indicates a recalled status, and wherein one or more predefined recall policies are applied for one or more of the given part having the recalled status and a device comprising the given part having the recalled status.

20 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein, upon an installation of a new version of a given part in the device, a verifiable claim for a prior version of the given part is revoked; a new verifiable claim is issued for the new version of the given part claim; and a determination is made to determine whether one or more of: (i) one or more of the repair shop and an installer are certified, and (ii) the new version of the given part is compatible with the device.

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