Patent AU-2018347193-B2 (AU)
Title: Cross-chain interactions using a domain name scheme in blockchain systems
Inventor: QIU HONGLIN
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2018-11-16
Granted: 2020-05-14
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property (1) Organization11111111111111111111111I1111111111111i1111liiiii International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2019/072273 A2 18 April 2019 (18.04.2019) W IPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, Not classified KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (21)InternationalApplicationNumber: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (22) International Filing Date: TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 16November2018(16.11.2018) (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (26)PublicationLanguage: English UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, [-/CN]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (72) Inventor: QIU, Honglin; Alibaba Group Legal Department KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yuhang Dis trict, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). Published: (74) Agent: BEIJING BESTIPR INTELLECTUAL PROP- - upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the ERTY LAW CORPORATION; Room 409, Tower B, Ka time limit referred to in Article 2(2)(a) Wah Building, No. 9 Shangdi 3rd Street, Haidian District, - without international search report and to be republished Beijing 100085 (CN). upon receipt ofthat report (Rule 48.2(g)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: CROSS-CHAIN INTERACTIONS USING A DOMAIN NAME SCHEME IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS (57) Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include iden tifying, by a relay that is communicatively linked with a first blockchain c ifceainstance and a second blockchain instance in a unified blockchain net n, the blockhainm dinname i unique ir ideifier f work, a blockchain domain name of a first blockchain instance; iden the secondlockchaininstancein unifiedblocklin tifying a blockchain domain name of the second blockchain instance; nwk, theBCdomainmeincludes hman-readable receiving, from a node of the first blockchain instance, an access re labelc nd iq-helvciiepnoiaisrcaeh,iidetriaer:4ria a e cldb dehn eri f quest for accessing the second blockchain instance, wherein the access request including the blockchain domain name of the second blockchain instance; identifying a chain identifier of the second blockchain instance 520 de thechainidentifier ofthe econd bloain intace based on the blockchain domain name of the second blockchain in based on the blo chain rmam iine of the secnd stance, wherein the chain identifier of the second blockchain instance indicates a blockchain network configuration of the second blockchain instance; and providing access to the second blockchain instance for the ____ 530 Ac e,,co-xd btlo, r~tu e nde -hfirst blockchain instance based on the blockchain network configuration bkne-ifi co i i i ted b, th eha indicated by the chain identifier of the second blockchain instance. identifie of these rboc hanitne 540 Perfrncros-chain ransactionsbetee the fist blokchain nstncadthe second blocchain intact ba ed on he blockai-nadomain name of he econdblockhai, stance