Patent ID: 11861343
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. At least one machine readable solid state memory, optical disk, or magnetic disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a programmable device to at least:
register, on a distributed ledger of a blockchain, a first configuration of software installed on the programmable device, the first configuration applied by a first update entity;
based on a contract associated with the programmable device, the first update entity, and a second update entity, cause transmission of a first notification indicative of the first configuration of the software to the second update entity prior to application of an update to the software from the first configuration to a second configuration by the second update entity, the first update entity different than the second update entity, the contract on the distributed ledger, and the contract defining that the first configuration is to be applied by the first update entity prior to the application of the update by the second update entity;
detect the update of the software installed on the programmable device;
register, on the distributed ledger, the second configuration of the software installed on the programmable device; and
cause transmission of a second notification indicative of the second configuration of the software to the first update entity, the second notification different than the registration of the second configuration on the distributed ledger.