Distributed ledger for peer-to-peer cloud resource sharing
US11128437B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/66
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to implement a first ledger node of a first cloud having a first set of cloud resources. The first ledger node of the first cloud is configured to communicate over one or more networks with a plurality of additional ledger nodes associated with respective additional clouds having respective additional sets of cloud resources, to establish a cloud resource sharing transaction with at least one of the additional ledger nodes of the additional clouds, and to generate a cryptographic block characterizing the cloud resource sharing transaction. The cryptographic block is entered into a blockchain distributed ledger collectively maintained by the first and additional ledger nodes. The first and additional ledger nodes collectively maintain the blockchain distributed ledger on a peer-to-peer basis without utilizing a centralized transaction authority.
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