Blockchain enabled collaborative transaction information processing for a supply chain

US11783346B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Peter Koudal · Niskayuna, US
• Benjamin Edward Beckmann · Niskayuna, US
• Annarita GIANI · Niskayuna, US
• John William Carbone · Schenectady, US
• Joseph James Salvo · Niskayuna, US
• Junrong Yan · Shanghai, CN
• Dan Yang · Westborough, US
• Patricia Denise Mackenzie · Clifton Park, US
• Walter Yund · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/20
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a system may facilitate collaborative transaction processing associated with a supply chain having a first entity and a second entity. In particular, a first entity database may store electronic records including information associated with at least a portion of the supply chain, and a first entity communication port may exchange information via a distributed computer system. A first entity computer processor may retrieve from the first entity database the information associated with the at least a portion of the supply chain. A subset of information about the supply chain may be identified by the first entity computer processor as being of interest to the second entity. The identified subset of information about the supply chain may then be recorded via a secure, distributed transaction ledger.