SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING CHAIN OF TITLE FOR REGISTERED INTERNET OF THINGS UNIVERSAL ID (IOT DEVICES)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) processing circuit structured to interpret an IoT UID corresponding to a device;

a record management circuit structured to identify, based at least in part on the IoT UID, a record in a database, the record including device ownership data associated with the device;

an ownership analysis circuit structured to interpret, based at least in part on the record, the device ownership data associated with the device; and

an ownership provisioning circuit structured to transmit the device ownership data.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device ownership data comprises a record of one or more entities.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an ownership data update provisioning circuit structured to provide updated ownership data to replace the device ownership data associated with the device.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the ownership data update provisioning circuit is further structured to provide updated ownership data for one or more modules of the device.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a security notification provisioning circuit structured to:

compare the device ownership data to a record of authorized owners; and

generate a security notification if the device ownership data is not included in the record of authorized owners.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a trust indicator provisioning circuit structured to provide a trust indicator for the device.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the trust indicator is displayed as at least one of: at least one of: numeric based, color based, symbol based, alphanumeric based, letter based.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an asking price evaluation circuit structured to evaluate an asking price for the device based on at least one of:

the device ownership data;

a certification that the device is not a stolen device; or

a certification that the device has a fully accountable chain of title.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the asking price evaluation circuit is further structured to evaluate an asking price for a group of devices based on ownership data for each device.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a supply chain validation circuit structured to validate a supply chain.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a carbon rating provisioning circuit structured to provide a carbon rating of the device based on known ratings of sources of modules of the device, determined based on the device ownership data.

12 . A method, comprising:

interpreting, via an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) processing circuit, an IoT UID corresponding to a device;

identifying, via a record management circuit and based at least in part on the IoT UID, a record in a database, the record including device ownership data associated with the device;

interpreting, via an ownership analysis circuit and based at least in part on the record, the device ownership data; and

transmitting, via an ownership provisioning circuit, the device ownership data.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising restricting access to information about the device from an owner of the device.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising restricting access to information about a first owner of the device from a second owner of the device.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising providing updated ownership data to replace the device ownership data associated with the device.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising providing updated ownership data for one or more modules of the device.

17 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising interpreting a device event message and updating the record in an IoT device registry based at least in part on the device event message.

18 . A system, comprising:

a database structured to store records associating Internet of Things Universal Identifications (IoT UIDs) with device ownership data; and

a server structured to:

communicate with the database;

interpret an IoT UID corresponding to a device;

identify, based at least in part on the IoT UID corresponding to the device, a record in the database, the record including the device ownership data associated with the device;

interpret, based at least in part on the record, the device ownership data; and

transmit the device ownership data.

19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the server is further structured to restrict access to information about the device from an owner of the device.

20 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the server is further structured to provide updated ownership data to replace the device ownership data associated with the device.