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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
maintaining, by a processing node of an item registry network, a blockchain, the blockchain including a series of transaction records;
receiving, by the processing node, a request to perform an action with respect to an item, the request including at least an item identifier;
identifying, by the processing node based on the item identifier, the blockchain associated with the item;
identifying, by the processing node from a transaction record of the series of transaction records, 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;
providing, by the processing node, a notification of the requested action to the current owner via the contact information;
receiving, by the processing node from the current owner, a response to the notification indicating whether the action should be approved or declined;
completing, by the processing node, the requested action upon receiving the response to the notification;
generating, by the processing node, a new transaction record based on the action; and
appending, by the processing node, the new transaction record to the blockchain.