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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeffrey M. Achtermann, Austin, TX (US);
Rahul Gupta, Austin, TX (US);
Arnaud A. Mathieu, Austin, TX (US);
Maharaj Mukherjee, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for chain of custody tracking for an object are described. Several sets of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors are organized in a network. Each set of sensors is configured to record one or more events relating to the object. Each event includes an event time, an event location, and an entity that is a custodian for the object at the time of the event. When the object changes custodians, proper custodianship is verified based on input from at least one set of IoT sensors.