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Granted Patent B2
US 11,424,942 · App. 17/361,236 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Blockchain integrated stations and automatic node adding methods and apparatuses

Inventors: Changzheng Wei (Hangzhou, CN); Ying Yan (Hangzhou, CN); Hui Zhang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
H04L9/3268H04L63/123H04L67/10H04L2209/38
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Patent No.
US 11,424,942
App. No.
17/361,236
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blockchain integrated station receives a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network. The blockchain integrated station initiates an authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction. The blockchain integrated station receives a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification. The blockchain integrated station receives a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network. The blockchain integrated station sends the digital certificate to a first blockchain node in the blockchain network based on a second network address indicated in the second configuration instruction, where the digital certificate is used to trigger the first blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as a new blockchain node in the blockchain network.

Claims (45)

1. A blockchain integrated station comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform one or more operations comprising:

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network;

generating, by the blockchain integrated station, an authentication application;

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to a first blockchain node in the blockchain network based on a second network address indicated in the second configuration instruction, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the first blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as a new blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein after the digital certificate is verified by the first blockchain node, a transaction for adding the new blockchain node in the blockchain network is initiated, and wherein the transaction is executed after a plurality of blockchain nodes in the blockchain network reach a consensus on the transaction, wherein the blockchain integrated station is added as the new blockchain node by executing the transaction.

2. The blockchain integrated station of claim 1 , wherein the certificate authority network and the blockchain network are different public networks.

3. The blockchain integrated station of claim 1 , wherein the certificate authority center is deployed on a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform in the certificate authority network.

4. The blockchain integrated station of claim 1 , the operations comprising:

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, inquiry information of a second blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein the inquiry information is generated and sent by the second blockchain node after the second blockchain node discovers the blockchain integrated station; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to the second blockchain node, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the second blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as the new blockchain node in the blockchain network.

5. The blockchain integrated station of claim 1 , wherein information of the blockchain integrated station is added by the first blockchain node to a node information list maintained by the first blockchain node.

6. The blockchain integrated station of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain integrated station comprises a cryptographic acceleration card that is used to perform at least one of a key management operation, an encryption and decryption operation, or a signature verification operation, wherein the blockchain integrated station further comprises at least one of an intelligent network card or a smart contract processing chip, and wherein the blockchain integrated station comprises at least one of a certificate authority service, a standardized on-cloud service interface, or a standardized cross-chain service interface.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a blockchain integrated station, a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network;

generating, by the blockchain integrated station, an authentication application;

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to a first blockchain node in the blockchain network based on a second network address indicated in the second configuration instruction, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the first blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as a new blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein after the digital certificate is verified by the first blockchain node, a transaction for adding the new blockchain node in the blockchain network is initiated, and wherein the transaction is executed after a plurality of blockchain nodes in the blockchain network reach a consensus on the transaction, wherein the blockchain integrated station is added as the new blockchain node by executing the transaction.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the certificate authority network and the blockchain network are different public networks.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the certificate authority center is deployed on a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform in the certificate authority network.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , comprising:

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, inquiry information of a second blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein the inquiry information is generated and sent by the second blockchain node after the second blockchain node discovers the blockchain integrated station; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to the second blockchain node, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the second blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as the new blockchain node in the blockchain network.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein information of the blockchain integrated station is added by the first blockchain node to a node information list maintained by the first blockchain node.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the blockchain integrated station comprises a cryptographic acceleration card that is used to perform at least one of a key management operation, an encryption and decryption operation, or a signature verification operation, wherein the blockchain integrated station further comprises at least one of an intelligent network card or a smart contract processing chip, and wherein the blockchain integrated station comprises at least one of a certificate authority service, a standardized on-cloud service interface, or a standardized cross-chain service interface.

13. A computer-implemented system comprising:

one or more blockchain integrated stations; and

one or more computer memory devices coupled with the one or more blockchain integrated stations and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more blockchain integrated stations, perform one or more operations comprising:

receiving, by a blockchain integrated station, a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network;

generating, by the blockchain integrated station, an authentication application;

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification;

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to a first blockchain node in the blockchain network based on a second network address indicated in the second configuration instruction, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the first blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as a new blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein after the digital certificate is verified by the first blockchain node, a transaction for adding the new blockchain node in the blockchain network is initiated, and wherein the transaction is executed after a plurality of blockchain nodes in the blockchain network reach a consensus on the transaction, wherein the blockchain integrated station is added as the new blockchain node by executing the transaction.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , wherein the certificate authority network and the blockchain network are different public networks.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , wherein the certificate authority center is deployed on a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform in the certificate authority network.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , the operations comprising:

receiving, by the blockchain integrated station, inquiry information of a second blockchain node in the blockchain network, wherein the inquiry information is generated and sent by the second blockchain node after the second blockchain node discovers the blockchain integrated station; and

sending, by the blockchain integrated station, the digital certificate to the second blockchain node, wherein the digital certificate is used to trigger the second blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as the new blockchain node in the blockchain network.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , wherein information of the blockchain integrated station is added by the first blockchain node to a node information list maintained by the first blockchain node.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: ANT BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070578/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2021
From: WEI, CHANGZHENG; YAN, YING; ZHANG, HUI
To: ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057612/0988 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010652949.5 · Jul 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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