Patent ID: 11928689
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A node of a network of nodes that is configured for maintaining a distributed ledger of smart contracts amongst a consortium of parties, the node comprising a at least one processor and a memory, the at least one processor being configured to load program code from the memory and execute the program code, wherein the at least one processor, upon executing the program code, is configured to:
obtain one or more transactions associated with one or more smart contracts for storage in the distributed ledger, each smart contract of the one or more smart contracts being associated with a respective owner selected from the consortium of parties,
store the one or more transactions in the distributed ledger,
store, in association with the one or more transactions, one or more identifiers of the owners of the one or more smart contracts associated with the one or more transactions in the distributed ledger;
obtain, from a given party of the consortium of parties, a withdrawal request for leaving the consortium; and
upon obtaining the withdrawal request, delete, from the distributed ledger and based on the one or more identifiers, any transaction associated with the given party as owner.