Patent SG-11201809117Q-A (SG)
Title: Operating system for blockchain iot devices
Inventor: WRIGHT CRAIG STEVEN
IPC: G06Q20/36
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: nsm0 c.:1;700 Client 1 102a ( Blockchain network 100 DHT containing instructions NT Client 2 102b Fig. 1 N N co N O C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 02 November 2017 (02.11.2017) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmoimiolollmolommomolmomllonommommill (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/187397 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 20/36 (2012.01) G06Q 10/06 (2012.01) GOOF 21/30 (2013.01) H04W 4/00 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2017/052465 (22) International Filing Date: 28 April 2017 (28.04.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 1607476.7 29 April 2016 (29.04.2016) GB (71) Applicant: NCHAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED [AG/AG]; Fitzgerald House, 44 Church Street, St. John's (AG). (72) Inventors: WRIGHT, Craig Steven; c/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP, 7th Floor Churchill House, Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10 2HH (GB). SAVANAH, Stephane; c/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP, 7th Floor Churchill House, Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10 2HH (GB). (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, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 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, 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, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: OPERATING SYSTEM FOR BLOCKCHAIN IOT DEVICES (57) : The invention provides a generic operating system for coordinating, controlling and/or influencing the activities of a device. The invention is implemented using a blockchain platform with which the operating system is arranged to interact. The blockchain may be the Bitcoin blockchain. In a preferred embodiment, the device is an Internet of Things (I0T) device. The invention provides a computer-implemented control system and corresponding method for controlling a device, the system comprising a device configured for wireless communication with a network and having an IP address and a public-private key cryptographic key pair associated with the device; a software-implemented control component arranged to monitor the state of a blockchain network and/or transmit blockchain Transactions to the blockchain network; and a set of instructions arranged for execution by the control component to control the functionality of the device. The control component is arranged to access the set of instructions from a stored location which is separate to the device. The instructions may be stored in a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and accessed for download and installation by the control component from the DHT as and when needed. The location of the DHT and/or instructions may be indicated [Continued on next page] WO 2017/187397 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIROIDEMOMOHOHIIHIMOIRVOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 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, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) or provided using metadata provided within a blockchain transaction. The set of instructions may be accessed by the control component using a look-up key which is related to a cryptographic key pair. The control component is provided on or in the device, or in other embodiments can be provided in an off-device location and arranged for wireless communication with the device.