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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

May. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Zest Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter A. Mehring, Los Altos, CA (US);

Scott A. Durgin, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas C. Reese, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Assignee:

Zest Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes receiving, over a network, one or more sensor-recorded data elements related to information selected from the group consisting of: product identification, condition associated with a consumer product at a particular time and/or place, location associated with the consumer product at the particular time and/or place, and current state associated with a consumer product at a particular time and/or place. The received data elements are used to create or update an entry for the payload of a transaction in a blockchain. The entry is sent for recording as a transaction in a specified blockchain ledger.


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