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

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium on which are stored commands for requesting a resource by resource consumer, the stored commands, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:
transmitting, by the resource consumer, 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;
transmitting, by the resource consumer via the state channel, a payment to the resource provider for the resource; and
utilizing, 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.