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Secure deployment confirmation of IOT devices via bearer tokens with caveats
11595389 · 2023-02-28 · ·

The disclosed technology teaches confirming proper deployment of sensors, with an authorization server (AS) issuing to a first client a Macaroon access token (MAT), optionally with caveats, including a root signature, and providing the MAT to a client. The client modifies the MAT to produce multiple instances by appending caveats that add a deployment location to each of the instances, and applies a message authentication code (MAC) chaining algorithm to generate updated signatures to include in the instances of a MAT with caveats (MATwC). The first client forwards the multiple instances of the MATwC to respective sensor instances, and a second client receives, from the sensor instances, sensed data and location indicative data, accompanied by respective MATwC instances. The second client verifies that the location indicative data is consistent with the deployment location caveat in the respective MATwC and utilizes instances of the sensed data that are verified as consistent.

Transparently using macaroons with caveats to delegate authorization for access
11595215 · 2023-02-28 · ·

The disclosed technology teaches confirming delegation of authorization from an authorization server (AS) by a client to a service, including an AS issuing an OAuth2 access token in the form of a Macaroon (MAT), optionally with caveats, including a root signature, and providing the MAT to a client. Included is the client modifying the OA2 access token by appending caveats that narrow authorization, and by applying a message authentication code (MAC) chaining algorithm to generate an updated signature to include in the resulting MAT with caveats (MATwC), the client delegating authorization to a service by forwarding the MATwC to the service and the service using the MATwC to access a resource server (RS), the RS passing the MATwC to the AS, and the AS determining authenticity of the MATwC as a bearer token and evaluating scope of authorization from the MAT as narrowed by the caveats, and reporting results.

Apparatus and methods for mapping user-associated data to an identifier
11595202 · 2023-02-28 · ·

An apparatus and method for mapping user-associated data to an identifier. The apparatus includes a processor configured to store a plurality of user identifiers. User identifiers may be determined by way of user or by machine-learning modules or the like. Apparatus receives user-associated data from a user to be stored in a resource data storage system. User-associated data may include a plurality of data sets to be mapped to an identifier. Mapping a data set to an identifier may be user determined or use a machine-learning module. Apparatus is configured to update the immutable sequential listing associated with the data set with the mapped identifier.

Method and apparatus for third-party managed data transference and corroboration via tokenization

A protocol that is managed by a coordinating network element or third-party intermediary or peer network elements and utilizes tokens prohibits any subset of a union of the coordinating network element or third-party intermediary, if any, and a proper subset of the processors involved in token generation from substantively accessing underlying data. By one approach, processors utilize uniquely-held secrets. By one approach, an audit capability involves a plurality of processors. By one approach, the protocol enables data transference and/or corroboration. By one approach, transferred data is hosted independently of the coordinating network element. By one approach, the coordinating network element or third-party intermediary or a second requesting network element is at least partially blinded from access to tokens submitted by a first requesting network element. By one approach, a third-party intermediary uses a single- or consortium-sourced database. By one approach, network elements provisioned with tokens jointly manage the protocol.

Authorization delegation

Apparatuses, systems, methods, and software are disclosed for authorization delegation. In a participant device a derivative key is generated in dependence on a received key. An authenticity check value for a delegation information block is generated in dependence on the delegation information block and the received key. The derivative key is derived in dependence on the delegation information block and the received key. An extended certificate chain is created comprising a received certificate chain appended with a local certificate, which comprises the delegation information block and the authenticity check value.

Geolocation-aware, cyber-enabled inventory and asset management system with automated state prediction capability
11595361 · 2023-02-28 · ·

A system and method for geolocation-aware, cyber-enabled infrastructure inventory and asset management with state prediction capability. The system tracks tangible and intangible assets, including states associated with each asset such as the location, condition, and value of each asset. Physical assets may be cyber-enabled by attaching wireless computing devices to some or all of the physical assets to provide data about the physical assets using sensors of the computing devices, including but not limited to, such data as location, conditions of storage, and hours of operation or use. Data for each item is stored in a multi-dimensional time series database, which keeps a historical record of the states of each item. Unknown or future states can be predicted by applying predictive models to the time series data. Parametric evaluations of current and predicted future states can be used to optimize the assets against an objective.

System and method employing virtual ledger

A system, method and computer program product for open innovation including an asset valuation device receiving asset information about tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based on the asset information; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based on the valuation signal; an air router device having both a low band radio channel, and an internet router channel for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based on the valuation signal; and a mesh network having a plurality of node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based on the node voting request signal. Computing devices are connected to the node devices to perform problem solving, smart contract processing, and/or cryptocurrency mining.

Platform for management of user data

A system, method, device, and platform for managing data. Data associated with a user received from one of a number of sources. The data is automatically confirmed as applicable to a user. The data is added to a data set associated with the user. A determination is made whether the data set is complete after adding the data to the data set. One or more tokens are created based on the data set of the user.

Systems and methods for hybrid blockchain control
11595406 · 2023-02-28 · ·

Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards systems and methods for hybrid blockchain control. According to some embodiments a method for hybrid blockchain control, an update to a distributed blockchain is received from a blockchain system. The blockchain system includes multiple nodes individually storing copies of the distributed blockchain and individually updating the copies by a consensus process. A determination is made as to whether the distributed blockchain has been fraudulently modified based on the received update. In response to determining the distributed blockchain has been fraudulently modified: 1) a corrective block is disseminated to the blockchain system to trigger the consensus process on the nodes; and 2) a predefined override in the consensus process is invoked to update the copies of the distributed blockchain in a manner that bypasses an illegitimate block. Further, the predefined override is invoked while the consensus process processes the corrective block.

Two level crux chain platform for protecting and verifying blockchain data
11593803 · 2023-02-28 ·

The present invention relates to a two level crux chain platform with a Proof of History (PoH) for increasing security, robustness and/or verifiability of a blockchain includes a first initial block with a node assigned to an address of a shard, a plurality of following blocks comprising a new address for each of the following blocks generated using previous address and previous block head by a ladder swapping protocol, a record stream with a plurality of stream value and each stream value is a current record value hashed with a previous stream value and a blockchain server for storing a plurality of modules.