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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:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ravishankar Chamarajnager, Atlanta, GA (US);

Devanand Kondur, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Vasudev Yendapally, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Niranjan Maka, Union City, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3265 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various examples of utilizing blockchain for tracking and auditing of systems and processes that involve Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In one example, an IoT event definition is installed on a gateway. The IoT event definition includes a threshold value associated with an asset type. The gateway receives sensor data from an IoT device associated with the asset type. The gateway determines that the IoT device triggered an IoT event based on the sensor data and the IoT event definition. The sensor data indicates that the IoT device triggered the IoT event based on the threshold value. The gateway transmits, to a management service, a request to record an IoT event to a blockchain. The request includes the sensor data. A block that includes the sensor data is recorded to the blockchain.


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