IP Library Granted Patent US 12,223,517
Granted Patent B2
US 12,223,517 · App. 18/525,759 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Systems and methods for securing communication data and property using blockchain

Inventors: Konstantinos Bakalis (Brooklyn, NY); Alexandros Bakalis (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: Silakab Corp.
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Patent No.
US 12,223,517
App. No.
18/525,759
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Blockchain-based systems and methods are used to control access to property. One system includes a mobile device, a key fob, and a server. The mobile device generates an encrypted code and transmits it to the key fob. The key fob transmits the encrypted code to the property and the server updates a log of the key fob in a hyper ledger. The property includes a computing device that validates the encrypted code and grants a key fob user access to the property. Another system includes a server that validates an access key and a first station that transmits an access key to a second station via the server and a satellite. The second station transmits data to the first station via the server and the satellite. The server saves a transmission log in a hyper ledger and transmits the access key in response to a request by the first station.

Claims (31)

1. A system comprising:

a property computer incorporated into property;

an electronic key configured to receive an encrypted code from a mobile computer and to transmit the encrypted code to the property computer via wireless communication; and

a server configured to update an access log of the electronic key in a hyper ledger stored on the server,

wherein the property computer includes a validator configured to validate the encrypted code,

wherein in response to the validator validating the encrypted code, the computer is further configured to transmit an access message to the electronic key and to transmit a first access log message to the mobile computer, wherein the first access log message causes the mobile computer to transmit a second access log message to the server, and

wherein the property computer grants a user of the electronic key access to the property when the validator validates the encrypted code.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication is Bluetooth communication.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile computer and the electronic key are paired according to a Bluetooth protocol.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the property computer and the electronic key are paired according to a Bluetooth protocol.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the validator is constantly powered by the property.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the validator is an electronic circuit.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the encrypted code is encrypted with a public key by the mobile computer.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the validator decrypts the encrypted code with a private key, which is saved in the validator, corresponding to the public key.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the validator transmits the access log to the server when a network connection is established with the server.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the property is an aircraft, watercraft, hovering vehicle, land vehicle, or building.

11. A method for granting access to property to a user of an electronic key, the method comprising:

receiving, by an electronic key, an encrypted code from a mobile computer;

transmitting, by the electronic key, the encrypted code to a validator running on a property computer via wireless communication;

determining, by the validator, whether the encrypted code is valid;

granting access to the property when it is determined that the encrypted code is valid;

denying access to the property when it is determined that the encrypted code is invalid;

in response to the validator determining that the encrypted code is valid or invalid, transmitting, by the property computer, an access message to the electronic key and a first access log message to the mobile computer, wherein the first access log message causes the mobile computer to transmit a second access log message to a server; and

in response to receiving, by the server, the second access log message, updating, by the server, an access log of the electronic key in a hyper ledger stored on the server.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication is Bluetooth.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the property and the electronic key are paired according to a Bluetooth protocol.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the mobile computer and the electronic key are paired according to a Bluetooth protocol.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the encrypted code is encrypted by a public key.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising decrypting, by the validator, the encrypted code with a private key, which is saved in the validator, corresponding to the public key.

17. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising transmitting, by the validator, an access log to a server when a network connection is established with the server.

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the property is an aircraft, watercraft, hovering vehicle, land vehicle, or building.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2023
From: BAKALIS, KONSTANTINOS; BAKALIS, ALEXANDROS
To: SILAKAB CORP.
Reel/Frame 065848/0293 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17672429 · Feb 15, 2022
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Continuation 16156570 · Oct 10, 2018
Provisional Application 62684190 · Jun 13, 2018
Provisional Application 62649464 · Mar 28, 2018
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