Patent ID: 11924324
Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a client device, an identifier for an item;
generating, by the client device based on input received from a user of the client device, a request to perform an action with respect to the item, the request including at least the identifier;
transmitting the request, by the client device to an item registry network, the request causing the item registry network to:
identify an item registry associated with the item from a plurality of item registries, the item registry including a blockchain including a series of transaction records;
identify, from a transaction record of the series of transaction records, of the identified item registry, a contact information for a current owner of the item, wherein the contact information for the current owner is identified from a latest transaction record in the series of transaction records associated with the item, and wherein the contact information comprises at least one of a phone number or an email address;
based on the contact information for the current owner of the item, receiving confirmation from the current owner of the item that the transaction should be approved;
complete the action with respect to the item in response to receiving the confirmation;
upon completion of the action, cause the series of transaction records to be updated by appending a new transaction record to the series of transaction records indicating that the user of the client device is now the owner of the item; and
receive a response to the request that indicates completion of the action.