Granted Patent B2

US 12,250,138 · App. 18/330,433 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Petr Novotny (Mount Kisco, NY); Jeronimo Irazabal (Roque Perez, AR); Nitin Gaur (Round Rock, TX); Dulce B. Ponceleon (Palo Alto, CA)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

H04L43/50H04L41/28H04L63/101

Abstract

Claims (69)

1. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform processes comprising:

agreeing on an authority for a blockchain network;

receiving a compliance module from the authority;

storing the compliance module for execution of an operation;

verifying the compliance of the operation based on the compliance module and an auditing module; and

submitting, based on the verification of the compliance, the operation to be added to a ledger on the blockchain network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processes further comprise:

receiving the operation;

verifying a compliance of the operation based on the compliance module; and

adding the operation upon the verifying of the compliance of the operation.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processes further comprise:

determining compliance information based on the verifying; and

recording compliance information on the ledger.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the processes further comprise:

receiving an auditing module from an auditor; and

accepting the auditing module.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the processes further comprise:

receiving the operation;

verifying the compliance of the operation based on the compliance module and the auditing module; and

submitting the operation to be added to a ledger upon the verifying of the compliance of the operation.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the processes further comprise:

determining, based on the verifying, auditing information; and

submitting the auditing information to be recorded on the ledger on the blockchain network.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processes further comprise:

determining a capability of all nodes in the blockchain network to process the operation with the compliance module and the auditing module.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processors to perform a function, the function comprising:

agreeing on an authority for a blockchain network;

receiving a compliance module from the authority;

storing the compliance module for execution of an operation;

verifying the compliance of the operation based on the compliance module and an auditing module; and

submitting, based on the verification of the compliance, the operation to be added to a ledger on the blockchain network.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving the operation; and

adding the operation upon the verifying of the compliance of the operation.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining compliance information based on the verifying; and

recording compliance information on the ledger.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving the auditing module from an auditor; and

accepting the auditing module.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving the operation.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising:

determining, based on the verifying, auditing information; and

submitting the auditing information to be recorded on the ledger.

14. A method comprising:

agreeing, by a node in a blockchain network, on an authority;

receiving, by the node, a compliance module from the authority;

storing, by the node, the compliance module for execution of an operation;

verifying the compliance of the operation based on the compliance module and the auditing module; and

submitting, based on the verification of the compliance, the operation to be added to a ledger on the blockchain network.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving the operation; and

adding, based on the verification of the compliance, the operation to a ledger on the blockchain network.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining compliance information based on the verifying; and

recording compliance information on the ledger.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving, by the node, an auditing module from an auditor; and

accepting, by the node, the auditing module.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving the operation.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

determining, based on the verifying, auditing information; and

submitting the auditing information to be recorded on the ledger.

20. The method of claim 19 , further including:

determining a capability of all nodes in the blockchain network to process the operation with the compliance module and the auditing module.

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