Patent ID: 11868948
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 7:
8. A computer system, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors; and
one or more computer readable storage devices coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more storage devices contain program code executable by the one or more processors via the one or more memory devices to implement a method, the method comprising:
identifying, by the one or more processors of the computer system, a presence of a pest infestation problem with one or more items in transport using cognitive analytics to notice patterns and draw conclusions based on detected patterns and using information received from at least one sensing device to determine that one or more conditions are met which indicate a particular pest infestation is likely to be present, wherein the identifying the presence of the pest infestation problem with one or more items in transport using cognitive analytics and information received from the at least one sensing device further comprises:
identifying, by the one or more processors of the computer system, one or more points in a supply chain for transporting the one or more items that need to be tracked;
identifying, by the one or more processors of the computer system, a container used to transport the one or more items; and
scanning, by at least one sensing device, the container at the one or more points in the supply chain to detect whether a pest infestation is found within the containers;

in response to the identifying, storing, by the one or more processors of the computer system, an identification of the presence of the pest infestation problem in a block chain ledger by a secure and validated feed having an indexed encryption identifying the sensing device; and
recommending, by the one or more processors of the computer system, a remediation action to fix the pest infestation problem with the one or more items.