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System and method for supplier information management

US11488271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Mohan Venkataraman · Morrisville, US
Sai Nidamarty · Morrisville, US
Shyam Charit Adivi · Morrisville, US
Alex Rosen · Ramat Gan, IL
Gary Storr · Morrisville, US
Stephen John Rogers · East Hagbourne, GB
Derek Lamar Harrison · Chapel Hill, US
Vishnu Praneeth Tadepalli · Cary, US
Daniel J. Schaefer · Waukesha, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/56
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This document presents a system and method for presenting vetted and verified Supplier information to Buyers. The Know Your Suppler (TYS) Application collects previously vetted and verified Supplier information and commits the collected information, verification authorities, verification details, and transaction information to a shared distributed ledger implemented as a privately permissioned blockchain. Buyers who want to onboard a newly identified Supplier, or update Supplier information with more recently verified information records, may subscribe to the TYS Application and purchase available vetted and verified Supplier information to optimize the onboarding or updating process for Suppliers from whom the Buyer wants to purchase goods or services.

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