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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Abhishek Kumar, Elmsford, NY (US);

Ashish Kundu, Elmsford, NY (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Komminist Weldemariam, Nairobi, KE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A secure chain of data blocks is maintained at a given computing node, wherein the given computing node is part of a set of computing nodes in a distributed network of computing nodes, and wherein each of the set of computing nodes maintains the secure chain of data blocks. The secure chain of data blocks maintained at each computing node comprises one or more data blocks that respectively represent one or more transactions associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). At least one data block is added to the secure chain of data blocks maintained at the given computing node in response to determining that transaction data associated with the at least one data block is valid.


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