IP Library Granted Patent US 11,354,946
Granted Patent B2
US 11,354,946 · App. 16/803,241 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Hardware appliance blockchain token requests

Inventors: Sterling Pratz (San Francisco, CA); Orang Ryan Tabibian (Lafayette, CA); Mark McCabe (Point Richmond, CA)
Assignee: CAR IQ INC.
G07C5/0808G07C5/0841H04L9/0637
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Patent No.
US 11,354,946
App. No.
16/803,241
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Hardware appliances with multiple sensors, such as automobiles, can be authenticated on a blockchain based platform using authentication values generated data provided by the hardware appliances, such as sensor data, log data, location data. Requests for service can be managed by the blockchain based platform based on authentication values of the hardware appliances.

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a vehicle network interface of a vehicle, sensor data generated by a plurality of sensors of the vehicle;

generating, from the sensor data, a vehicle permission value indicating a level of access to one or more blockchain tasks managed by a blockchain network;

receiving a blockchain task request for the vehicle, the blockchain task request specifying a blockchain token account of the vehicle for modification;

validating the vehicle for the blockchain task request based on the vehicle permission value generated from the sensors of the vehicle satisfying a pre-configured blockchain threshold; and

updating the blockchain token account per the blockchain task request of the vehicle based on the vehicle permission value being validated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain network manages the one or more blockchain tasks in a blockchain data structure.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the blockchain data structure managed by the blockchain network comprises an amount of blockchain tokens in the blockchain token account of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the blockchain task request requests a reduction of blockchain tokens from the blockchain token account to another blockchain token account to complete the blockchain task request, the another blockchain token account being a blockchain account on the blockchain data structure for a machine kiosk.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the machine kiosk is at least one of: a gas station kiosk, a toll kiosk, a parking kiosk.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining that the amount of blockchain tokens in the blockchain token account of the vehicle is sufficient to reduce the blockchain token account per the reduction in the blockchain task request.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is validated for the blockchain task request based on the vehicle permission value generated from the sensors of the vehicle satisfying a pre-configured blockchain threshold and further based on the determination that the amount of blockchain tokens in the blockchain token account of the vehicle is sufficient to reduce the blockchain token account per the reduction in the blockchain task request.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain task request is generated based on a sensor value from one or more of the plurality of sensors of the vehicle not satisfying a sensor threshold.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a completion notification indicating the blockchain task request for the vehicle is complete; and

revalidating the vehicle for the blockchain task request based on an updated sensor value from the one or more of the plurality of sensors satisfying the sensor threshold.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

storing a revalidation record on a blockchain data structure managed by the blockchain network, the revalidation record indicating the blockchain task request is revalidated based on the updated sensor value.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more of the plurality of sensors includes a fuel sensor of the vehicle and the sensor value is a fuel level.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors of the vehicle comprises a first sensor and a second sensor, and the sensor data comprises a first sensor readings set generated by the first sensor and a second sensor readings set generated by the second sensor.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the vehicle permission value comprises:

identifying a first sensor numerical score preconfigured for the first sensor;

modifying the first sensor numerical score based on individual values of the first sensor readings set;

identifying a second sensor numerical score preconfigured for the second sensor;

modifying the second sensor numerical score based on individual values of the second sensor readings set; and

generating the vehicle permission value by combining the modified first sensor numerical score and the modified second sensor numerical score.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first sensor is a fuel gauge and the first sensor readings are fuel gauge readings, wherein the second sensor is an odometer and the second sensor readings are odometer readings, and wherein generating the vehicle permission value comprises:

determining that an increase in the odometer readings is offset by a decrease in fuel gauge readings.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain network comprises a plurality of blockchain peer nodes that execute blockchain code set via blockchain consensus, the blockchain code set comprising instructions for the one or more blockchain tasks.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the blockchain consensus is consensus amongst the blockchain peer nodes.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the blockchain consensus is managed by one of the blockchain peer nodes using a pluggable consensus scheme.

18. A system comprising:

one or more processors of a machine; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a vehicle network interface of a vehicle, sensor data generated by a plurality of sensors of the vehicle;

generating, from the sensor data, a vehicle permission value indicating a level of access to one or more blockchain tasks managed by a blockchain network;

receiving a blockchain task request for the vehicle, the blockchain task request specifying a blockchain token account of the vehicle for modification;

validating the vehicle for the blockchain task request based on the vehicle permission value generated from the sensors of the vehicle satisfying a pre-configured blockchain threshold; and

updating the blockchain token account per the blockchain task request of the vehicle based on the vehicle permission value being validated.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the blockchain network comprises a plurality of blockchain peer nodes that execute blockchain code set via blockchain consensus, the blockchain code set comprising instructions for the one or more blockchain tasks.

20. A machine-readable storage device embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a vehicle network interface of a vehicle, sensor data generated by a plurality of sensors of the vehicle;

generating, from the sensor data, a vehicle permission value indicating a level of access to one or more blockchain tasks managed by a blockchain network;

receiving a blockchain task request for the vehicle, the blockchain task request specifying a blockchain token account of the vehicle for modification;

validating the vehicle for the blockchain task request based on the vehicle permission value generated from the sensors of the vehicle satisfying a pre-configured blockchain threshold; and

updating the blockchain token account per the blockchain task request of the vehicle based on the vehicle permission value being validated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2020
From: PRATZ, STERLING; TABIBIAN, ORANG RYAN; MCCABE, MARK
To: CAR IQ INC.
Reel/Frame 052697/0303 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16541712 · Aug 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62764760 · Aug 16, 2018
Related Publication 20200193743A1 · Jun 18, 2020
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