IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,847,511
Granted Patent B1
US 11,847,511 · App. 18/205,349 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Standardized interactions across different blockchains

Inventors: Sean Carey (Boston, MA); Christopher Bruce (Boston, MA)
Assignee: BlockJoy, Inc.
G06F9/543G06F9/546
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,847,511
App. No.
18/205,349
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

In variants, the system can include a set of blockchain modules and a set of interaction mechanism handlers configured to convert a unified set of system commands into blockchain-specific commands for each of a set of blockchains and/or blockchain nodes.

Claims (40)

1. A system, comprising:

a processing system; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing system, comprising:

a set of standardized API calls for interacting with each of a plurality of blockchains;

a blockchain module for each of the plurality of blockchains, wherein each blockchain module comprises a set of blockchain-specific call values for each of the set of standardized API calls, wherein each set of blockchain-specific call values is used to construct a blockchain-specific call responsive to receipt of the respective standardized API call for a blockchain node associated with the respective blockchain protocol; and

a set of message passing modules, each configured to construct calls using a respective message passing mechanism, wherein each blockchain module further identifies a message passing module for each standardized API call, wherein the blockchain-specific call is constructed using the message passing module identified for the standardized API call in the blockchain module.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the message passing mechanism comprises a message passing protocol.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of message passing modules comprise at least one of: a gRPC module, a shell script module, or a JSON RPC module.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each blockchain module further identifies a message passing module for each response to each standardized API call, wherein the message passing module is further configured to extract response values from a blockchain node response to the blockchain-specific call.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each blockchain module further comprises a computing resource allocation for the blockchain node.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising a processing system that allocates the computing resource allocation to the blockchain node.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein different blockchain modules comprise different computing resource allocations.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein each blockchain module further comprises response evaluation logic for the standard API call, wherein a response from the blockchain node is interpreted using the response evaluation logic from the blockchain module for the blockchain protocol.

9. A system, comprising:

a processing system; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing system, comprising:

a set of blockchain modules, each specifying a message passing mechanism and a set of blockchain-specific call values for each of a set of standardized calls; and

a set of message passing modules, each associated with a different message passing mechanism, wherein each message passing module is configured to construct a blockchain node call for a blockchain node using the respective message passing mechanism and a set of blockchain-specific call values for a requested standardized call, wherein the set of blockchain-specific call values are determined from the blockchain module associated with the blockchain node.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein each blockchain module is associated with a different blockchain, wherein the blockchain module associated with the blockchain node is a blockchain module for a blockchain of the blockchain node.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the blockchain node call is constructed responsive to receipt of a request identifying the standardized call and the blockchain node.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of message passing mechanisms comprise at least one of: gRPC, shell scripts, or JSON RPC.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein a blockchain module specifies different message passing mechanisms for different standardized calls.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of standardized calls comprise at least one of: node start, node stop, node height, or node address.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of message passing modules are further configured to interpret responses, received from a blockchain node, into a standardized format.

16. A system, comprising:

a processing system; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing system, comprising:

a set of blockchain modules, each specifying a message passing mechanism and a set of blockchain-specific call values for each of a set of standardized calls; and

a set of message passing modules, each associated with a different message passing mechanism, wherein each message passing module is configured to construct a blockchain node call for a blockchain node using the respective message passing mechanism and a set of blockchain-specific call values for a requested standardized call, wherein the set of blockchain-specific call values are determined from the blockchain module associated with the blockchain node;

wherein the processing system is configured to:

receive a standardized call, from the set of standardized calls, for a blockchain node;

determine a blockchain module, from the set of blockchain modules, for the blockchain node;

determine a set of blockchain-specific call values, for the standardized call, from the blockchain module;

determine a blockchain call using the set of blockchain-specific call values; and

send the blockchain call to the blockchain node.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein determining the blockchain module for the blockchain node comprises: determining the blockchain module for the blockchain associated with the blockchain node, wherein different blockchains are associated with different blockchain modules.

18. The system of claim 16 , further comprising determining a message passing mechanism, associated with the standardized call, from the blockchain module; wherein determining the blockchain call comprises constructing the blockchain call using the message passing mechanism.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein interpreting a blockchain response from the blockchain node comprises:

extracting response values from the blockchain response; and

interpreting the response values according to response evaluation logic, for the standardized call, from the blockchain module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2023
From: CAREY, SEAN; BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER
To: BLOCKJOY, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63348790 · Jun 3, 2022