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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pramita Mitra, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric H. Wingfield, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Fishelson, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A blockchain block generated by one or more blockchain nodes when the one or more blockchain nodes are only connected to a local area network is received, and the blockchain block is synchronized with a blockchain. After determining that a backhaul network device is not connected to the one or more blockchain nodes and then determining that the backhaul network device is connected to the one or more blockchain nodes, the blockchain is transmitted to the one or more blockchain nodes via the backhaul network device upon determining that the backhaul network device is connected to the one or more blockchain nodes.