Patent ID: 11947681
Assignee: BLOCKFRAME, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor via a brokering agent, a request to initiate a supply chain state progression of a device from a current supply chain state corresponding to a current stage of a supply chain of the device to a target supply chain state corresponding to a target stage of the supply chain, wherein the device in the current supply chain state is associated with a first entity corresponding to the current stage;
determining, by the processor, whether to authorize the request; and
in response to authorizing the request, causing, by the processor, the device to transition from the current supply chain state to the target supply chain state by providing a set of secrets data corresponding to the target supply chain state, wherein the device in the target supply chain state is associated with a second entity corresponding to the target stage.