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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An initial transaction is generated representing a forecasted demand for material needed to manufacture equipment via a supply chain. The initial transaction is added to a blockchain for access by entities in the supply chain comprising at least a subset of one or more supply entities, one or more material distribution entities, and one or more manufacturing entities. In one or more examples, the steps may be performed by an OEM blockchain node that accesses any transactions added by the various entities on the blockchain node and limits access to transactions on the blockchain by the various entities. Further, the initial transaction may be a main transaction and a transaction representing a commitment by one of the supply entities may be a sub-transaction of the main transaction, and the sub-transaction is closed in the blockchain upon the request for payment for the committed material or payment of the request.