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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Akira Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Fumiaki Kagaya, Miyagi, JP;
Eiichi Abe, Miyagi, JP;
Junichiro Soeda, Nara, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a control method of controlling locking or unlocking of storage using a blockchain. The control method includes: determining, when first request information indicating a lock/unlock request, that is a lock request or an unlock request, is received from a terminal, whether a keyholder identified by reading keyholder information stored in the blockchain matches an owner of the terminal that has transmitted the first request information, the keyholder information indicating a person having the authority to lock or unlock the storage; performing lock/unlock processing when the keyholder is determined to match the owner, the lock/unlock processing being processing for causing the storage to lock or unlock in accordance with the first request information; and performing first storage processing after the lock/unlock processing is performed, the first storage processing being processing of storing, in the blockchain, transaction data indicating that the lock/unlock processing has been performed.