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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
David Kozhaya, Dietikon, CH;
Maelle Kabir-Querrec, Aarburg, CH;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
Described herein is a method for executing an Internet-of-Things application. The method includes providing a machine-readable language configured to encode the Internet-of-Things application as an executable smart contract, and providing or accessing a distributed system configured to execute the executable smart contract. The distributed system includes one or more field devices, one or more gateways, and a distributed ledger system. The distributed ledger system includes at least one access point and a plurality of computers, each computer configured to execute at least one peer process, and executing the executable smart contract on the distributed system. The executable smart contract includes instructions that cause the distributed system to process and exchange data, the exchanged data exchanged between the one or more field devices, or the one or more gateways, or the at least one access point, or at least one peer process, or any combination thereof.