Patent ID: 11941673
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 23:
24. A method, comprising:
determining that a service has been partially delivered to a first node of the blockchain ledger from a second node on the blockchain ledger based on a service contract and a status of a delivery of the service recorded on the blockchain ledger;
generating, via a blockchain smart contract, an incremental invoice including a charge for the detected partial delivery of the service;
detecting an additional partial delivery of the service to the first node from the second node subsequent to the partial delivery based on the service contract and a status of a delivery of the second service recorded on the blockchain ledger;
receive consents with respect to the incremental invoice from the first and second nodes; and
generating, via the blockchain smart contract, a second incremental invoice related to the incremental invoice based on the completion of the additional partial delivery of the service and the consents received from the first and second nodes.