Patent ID: 11886549
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method implemented at a computing system for linking a physical item with a non-fungible token (NFT) registered in a decentralized system, the physical item being coupled to a piece of smart fabric having a grid of cells configured to receive and persistently store one or more datasets associated with the physical item or the NFT, the method comprising:
creating a new NFT associated with the physical item, the NFT containing an NFT identifier associated with the NFT, an item identifier associated with the physical item, and a creator identifier associated with a creator of the NFT, the creator of the NFT corresponding to a creator of the physical item, and the NFT being registered in the decentralized system;
storing at least one of (1) a first dataset associated with the physical item or (2) a second dataset associated with the NFT, in the grid of cells of the smart fabric;
in response to receiving a request, from a computing device, for requesting data stored in the grid of cells of the smart fabric, sending at least one of the first dataset or the second dataset to the computing device, causing the computing device to:
retrieve the NFT from the decentralized system based on the first dataset or the second dataset;
verify the creator of the NFT; and
in response to verification of the creator of the NFT, determine that the physical item is authentic.