Managing in-flight transfer of parcels using blockchain authentication
US10547454B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/84
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request to authorize an in-flight transfer of a parcel between a source unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a target UAV, authenticating, via a blockchain, an identity of the source UAV and an identity of the target UAV based on one or more predefined keys included in the request, and in response to the blockchain authentication being successful, initiating delivery of the parcel from the source UAV to the target UAV while one or more of the source UAV and the target UAV are in-flight.
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