IP Library Granted Patent US 10,505,949
Granted Patent B2
US 10,505,949 · App. 15/450,126 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Blockchain-based system, and electronic apparatus and method in the system

Inventor: Zhihui Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04L63/123G06F16/951G06Q30/0601H04L9/3218H04L9/3239H04L9/3247H04L63/0428H04L67/10H04L2209/38H04L2209/56
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,505,949
App. No.
15/450,126
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a blockchain-based system, and an electronic apparatus and a method in the system. The electronic apparatus at a control node end includes a processor configured to: verify, in response to an ownership declaration for a new object that is first introduced from a to-be-verified node in the system, the ownership declaration; and sign, in a case that the verification is successful, the ownership declaration to be returned to the to-be-verified node, so that the signed ownership declaration is verified by other nodes in the system and a record regarding the ownership declaration is added to the blockchain. According to the embodiment of the disclosure, it is possible to verify the newly introduced object in the blockchain-based system without binding with a cipher coin, while maintaining a peer-to-peer architecture of the blockchain-based system.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic apparatus at a control node end in a blockchain-based system, the electronic apparatus comprising a processor, said processor configured to:

verify, in response to an ownership declaration for a first introduced object from a to-be-verified node, the ownership declaration in the system; and

sign the ownership declaration to be returned to the to-be-verified node when the verification is successful, so that the signed ownership declaration is verified by other nodes in the system and a record regarding the ownership declaration is added to the blockchain, wherein

the processor is further configured to verify the ownership declaration using an external database that comprises one or more of a centralized data service platform, a cloud computing platform and other blockchain platforms.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to verify the ownership declaration according to a zero-knowledge proof protocol.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to verify, based on an identifier in the ownership declaration, the ownership declaration according to the zero-knowledge proof protocol.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to verify a signature of the to-be-verified node, and sign the ownership declaration when the verification is successful.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus operates as the control node and further comprises:

a communication unit configured to perform data transmission and reception operations.

6. An electronic apparatus at a to-be-verified node end in a blockchain-based system, the electronic apparatus comprising a processor, said processor configured to:

generate an ownership declaration for a first introduced new object to be broadcast in the system and verified by a control node in the system using an external database that comprises one or more of a centralized data service platform, a cloud computing platform and other blockchain platforms; and

generate, based on a signature from the control node made after the control node verified ownership declaration, a credential regarding the ownership declaration to be broadcast in the system, so that the credential is verified by other nodes in the system and a record regarding the ownership declaration is added to the blockchain.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to set an identifier in the ownership declaration to indicate that the ownership declaration requires privacy protection.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to interact, in response to a zero-knowledge proof protocol initiated by the control node based on the identifier, with the control node for verifying the ownership declaration.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a signature of the electronic apparatus to be broadcast, so that the signature is verified by the control node.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic apparatus operates as the to-be-verified node and further comprises:

a communication unit configured to perform data transmission and reception operations.

11. A blockchain-based system, comprising:

a to-be-verified node configured to: generate an ownership declaration for a first introduced new object to be broadcast in the system, and generate, based on a signature from a control node, a credential regarding the ownership declaration to be broadcast in the system;

the control node configured to: verify the ownership declaration using an external database that comprises one or more of a centralized data service platform, a cloud computing platform and other blockchain platforms in response to the ownership declaration, and sign the ownership declaration to be returned to the to-be-verified node when the verification is successful; and

other nodes configured to verify the credential in response to the credential broadcast by the to-be-verified node, so that a record regarding the ownership declaration is added to the blockchain.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the number of the control node is one or more.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the system is based on a peer-to-peer architecture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: ZHANG, ZHIHUI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041471/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0364591 · May 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170346833A1 · Nov 30, 2017
Cited By (1)
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