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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Glenn C. Scott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUIT, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06Q 10/0633 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for managing workflows using block chains. An entire workflow may be stored as a finite state machine on a block chain. Each data block of the block chain may correspond to a state and related operation of a workflow. Each data block of the block chain may be used as an input to a subsequent state of the workflow. Thus, any input may be used to compute the workflow even if the input is not designed to be used by a workflow. Nested block chains, each corresponding to a different workflow or different part of a workflow may be used to increase performance of computing the workflows.