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Method for migrating an actor instance

US11132439B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Håkan Englund · Lund, SE
Christoffer Jerkeby · Tyresö, SE
Bernard Smeets · Dalby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L9/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method (10) performed in an initiating runtime (2a) is disclosed for migrating an actor instance (5a1) of an actor (4a) to a target runtime (2b). The method (10) comprises obtaining (11), from a blockchain entity (3), an ownership token associated with the actor instance (5a1) of the actor (4a), the ownership token being verifiable by a blockchain (7) of the blockchain entity (3), and using (12) the ownership token for migrating the actor instance (5a1). A method in a blockchain entity (3), a method in a target runtime (2b), entities, computer programs and computer program products are also disclosed.

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