IP Library Granted Patent US 11,296,887
Granted Patent B2
US 11,296,887 · App. 16/529,898 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Blockchain mechanism for safety-critical systems

Inventors: Kelsey L Bruso (Eagan, MN); Kevin Flanders (Eagan, MN)
H04L9/3231G06K9/00261H04L9/0643H04L9/321H04L2209/38
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Patent No.
US 11,296,887
App. No.
16/529,898
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computing system architecture includes a service server and a first validator. The first validator is communicable to the service server. A validation request is sent from the service server to the first validator for validating a transaction. The validation request including a first facial image of a party of the transaction. The validator performs a facial recognition using the first facial image of the party for validating the transaction.

Claims (14)

1. A blockchain architecture, comprising

a service server that receives a validation request from a participant device, the validation request including a facial image of a party, an indicia to execute facial recognition and a threshold value for accepting the facial recognition;

a first validator that receives the facial image from the service server and executes a first facial recognition algorithm to generate a first score and transmitting the first score to the service server;

a second validator that receives the facial image from the service server and executes a second facial recognition algorithm, different than the first facial recognition algorithm, to generate a second score and transmitting the second score to the service server;

wherein the service server determines if the first and second scores exceed the threshold value, and if so, transmits a validated transaction record to be included in a block and if not, transmits a failure transaction record to be included in a block, the block being created and integrated into a blockchain by a block builder.

2. The blockchain architecture of claim 1 , wherein the first validator receives the facial image at a first time and the second validator receives the facial image a second time, different than the first time, and the first and second time being used as a seed for randomly selecting a validation method.

3. The blockchain architecture according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second facial recognition algorithms consider one or more facial features when performing the facial recognition.

4. The blockchain architecture according to claim 3 , wherein the first and second facial recognition algorithms gives each of the facial features a different weight factor when performing the facial recognition.

5. The blockchain architecture according to claim 1 , wherein the block includes the facial image.

6. The blockchain architecture according to claim 1 , wherein the validation request includes a public key and a private key.

7. The blockchain architecture according to claim 6 , wherein the facial age of the party is encrypted using the private key.

8. The blockchain architecture according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second score include a first and second identification, respectively, of the facial recognition algorithm used by the first and second validator, respectively.

9. The blockchain architecture according to claim 1 , wherein the first validator searches for a previous transaction in a previous block in the blockchain for a saved facial image of the party and compares the saved facial image of the party to the facial image received from service server.

10. The blockchain architecture according to claim 9 , wherein the second validator searches for a previous transaction for a saved facial image of the party and compares the saved facial image of the party to the facial image received from the service server.

Assignments (5)
AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: UNISYS CORPORATION; UNISYS HOLDING CORPORATION; UNISYS NPL, INC.; UNISYS AP INVESTMENT COMPANY I
To: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
Reel/Frame 071759/0527 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: UNISYS CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 054481/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: BRUSO, KELSEY L; FLANDERS, KEVIN
To: UNISYS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051914/0225 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2020
From: UNISYS CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 051682/0760 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2019
From: UNISYS CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 051075/0721 →
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