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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Adam L. Griffin, Dubuque, IA (US);
Srinivas B. Tummalapenta, Broomfield, CO (US);
Nikhilkumar V. Shah, Bear, DE (US);
Huyanh D. Ngo, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Paul A. Ragone, Winter Garden, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method controls a modification of an adjustable device. A system establishes a circle of trust for a plurality of devices, where at least one of the plurality of devices is an adjustment control device for adjusting an adjustable device. Operations of the adjustment control device are controlled via a blockchain, where the blockchain must approve the adjustment control device before an adjustment of the adjustable device is performed by the adjustment control device. The system receives an approval from the blockchain for the adjustment control device to adjust the adjustable device, and the adjustment control device adjusts the adjustable device in response to receiving the approval from the blockchain.