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US 12,253,980 · App. 18/425,366 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Distributed work data management

Inventors: Walter Miller (Glen Allen, VA); Robert Martin (Glen Allen, VA); Bradley Smith (Mechanicsville, VA)
Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
G06F16/1834G06F21/64G06Q10/0639G06Q20/065G06Q40/125H04L9/0637
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,253,980
App. No.
18/425,366
Filed
Jan 29, 2024
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2493
USPC
713/189
Abstract

A device may receive, from a user device, a transaction request associated with a first entity and identify a distributed ledger associated with the first entity, the distributed ledger including a set of blocks recording work data associated with the first entity. The set of blocks may include: a first subset of blocks including data specifying work performed by the first entity, and a second subset of blocks including data verifying a portion of the work performed by the first entity and specified by the data included in the first subset of blocks. The device may determine that a transaction, associated with the transaction request, is associated with the first subset of blocks and the second subset of blocks. Based on predetermined instructions that correspond to the transaction and the distributed ledger, the device may perform the transaction.

Claims (59)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a platform device and from a first device, work performance data associated with a first entity;

receiving, by the platform device and from a second device, work verification data associated with the first entity;

wherein the work verification data is provided based on at least one of:

a particular period of time being passed, or

a particular amount of credit being accrued for the first entity;

determining, by the platform device, an amount of credit for the first entity based on the work performance data and the work verification data; and

updating, by the platform device, a blockchain associated with the first entity.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing an action based on executable instructions included in a smart contract associated with the platform device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein data associated with the action includes information identifying work performed by the first entity.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a transaction request associated with the blockchain,

wherein information associated with the transaction request causes recordation of processing the transaction request in the blockchain.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a transaction request associated with the blockchain; and

broadcasting, to a plurality of blocks associated with the blockchain, data associated with processing the transaction request.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the work verification data includes information verifying work performed by the first entity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain includes a first set of blocks associated with data specifying work performed by the first entity and a second set of blocks associated with data verifying a portion of the work performed by the first entity.

8. A device, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

receive work performance data associated with a first entity;

receive work verification data associated with the first entity;

wherein the work verification data is provided based on at least one of:

a particular period of time being passed, or

a particular amount of credit being accrued for the first entity;

determine a credit for the first entity based on the work performance data and the work verification data; and

update a blockchain associated with the first entity.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

perform an action based on executable instructions included in a smart contract associated with the device.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein data associated with the action includes information identifying work performed by the first entity.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a transaction request associated with the blockchain,

wherein information associated with the transaction request causes recordation of processing the transaction request in the blockchain.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a transaction request associated with the blockchain; and

broadcast, to a plurality of blocks associated with the blockchain, data associated with processing the transaction request.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the work verification data includes information verifying work performed by the first entity.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the blockchain includes a first set of blocks associated with data specifying work performed by the first entity and a second set of blocks associated with data verifying a portion of the work performed by the first entity.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:

receive work performance data associated with a first entity;

receive work verification data associated with the first entity;

wherein the work verification data is provided based on at least one of:

a particular period of time being passed, or

a particular amount of credit being accrued for the first entity;

determine a credit for the first entity based on the work performance data and the work verification data; and

update a blockchain associated with the first entity.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the device to:

perform an action based on executable instructions included in a smart contract associated with the device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein data associated with the action includes information identifying work performed by the first entity.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the device to:

receive a transaction request associated with the blockchain,

wherein information associated with the transaction request causes recordation of processing the transaction request in the blockchain.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the device to:

receive a transaction request associated with the blockchain; and

broadcast, to a plurality of blocks associated with the blockchain, data associated with processing the transaction request.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the work verification data includes information verifying work performed by the first entity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: MILLER, WALTER; MARTIN, ROBERT; SMITH, BRADLEY
To: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066282/0680 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17451863 · Oct 22, 2021
Division 16532782 · Aug 6, 2019
Division 16001818 · Jun 6, 2018
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