Patent ID: 11924322
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. An article comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to:
communicate electronically messages descriptive of one or more digital currency micropayments of one or more devices on a network, at least some of said one or more devices to comprise: a sensor; an actuator; or a middlebox, or a combination thereof,
said one or more digital currency micropayments to occur in accordance with one or more rules of a blockchain to define transaction validity through use of an electronic payment; and
monitor traffic associated with the one or more devices for conformance with a smart contract and, in response to detection an attempt by a violating device to make an unauthorized connection in violation of the smart contract, broadcast at least one digital currency transaction configured to, upon successful validation, transfer an amount of digital currency from a digital currency wallet associated with the violating device to at least one other device of the one or more devices.