Patent ID: 11861559
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A device for requesting a resource, the device being a resource consumer and being configured to:
transmit a request regarding a utilization of the resource to a device, the device being a resource provider of the resource and being configured to receive a request regarding a utilization of the resource, the request being relayed from the resource consumer to the resource provider by a hub which at least temporarily establishes a data link between the resource provider and the resource consumer, validate the request, and based on the validation of the request, establish a state channel between the resource provider and the resource consumer, wherein the state channel is a channel anchored by a distributed ledger technology system which includes at least one blockchain, wherein via the state channel, the resource provider and the resource consumer perform off-chain transactions without interaction with the at least one blockchain;
transmit, by the resource consumer via the state channel, a payment to the resource provider for the resource; and
utilize, by the resource consumer, the resource, the utilization of the resource being enabled by the resource provider;
wherein the resource provider is a device including a computer and a memory which manages the provision of the resource.