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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Pramita Mitra, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes storing a detected event code in a first blockchain, wherein each electronic control unit (ECU) in a plurality of ECUs in a vehicle includes a first blockchain node of the first blockchain; determining a validity of each first blockchain node of the first blockchain by determining that the event code is one of (a) stored in the respective first blockchain node of the first blockchain and valid or (b) not stored in the respective first blockchain node of the first blockchain and invalid; and providing the event code and the validity of each first blockchain node of the first blockchain to a second blockchain maintained at least one second blockchain node via a network outside the vehicle.