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

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium on which are stored commands for managing a provision of a resource, the commands, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:
receiving, by a resource provider of the resource, a request from a resource consumer 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;
validating the request; and
based on the validation of the request, establishing 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;
receiving, by the resource provider from the resource consumer via the state channel, a payment to the resource provider for the resource; and
enabling, by the resource provider, utilization of the resource by the resource consumer;
wherein the resource provider is a device including a computer and a memory which manages the provision of the resource.