Patent SG-11201901403V-A (SG)
Title: Tracing objects across different parties
Inventor: CHEN YANG
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: 100 1 -160 F 165 1801 L185 170 175 MANAGEMENT MODULE I I 182 174 X 130 + + / ..-1302 -150 RECORD 1 RECORD 2 BLOCKCHAIN DATABASE RECORD 5 RECORD 6 RULE SET FIG. 1 172 120 110 RECORD 3 RECORD 4 N O cc O C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 15 March 2018 (15.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT o 1E1 olo VIII °nolo III o 0l 011101° lID oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/045574 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GOOF 9 / 4 4 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/CN2016/098610 (22) International Filing Date: 09 September 2016 (09.09.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (71) Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LI- CENSING, LLC. [US/US]; One Microsoft Way, Red- mond, WA Washington 98052 (US). (72) Inventor; and (71) Applicant (for SC only): YAN, Ying [CN/CN]; c/o Mi- crosoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). (72) Inventors: CHEN, Yang; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). MOSCIBRODA, Thomas; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). CHANG, Eric; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). REN, Jin- glei; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). CHEN, Liang; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). GAO, Yanjie; c/o Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D, Headquarters 14F, Building 2, No. 5, Danling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 (CN). (74) Agent: KING & WOOD MALLESONS; 20th Floor, East Tower, World Financial Centre, No. 1 Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020 (CN). (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, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, (54) Title: TRACING OBJECTS ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTIES (57) : In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for controlling and tracing an object across a plurality of parties is proposed. A rule set may be enabled by the confirmation of a plurality of parties. The rule set may define constraints on operations related to the object. Upon receipt of a request for an operation related to the object, the requested operation may be verified based on the rule set agreed by the plurality of parties. In response to verifying that requested operation is valid, the requested operation may be performed, and a record for the operation may be created and stored in a blockchain database accessible to the plurality of parties. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/045574 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOVIVIONNEHMEMOIMIE HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, 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. (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). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))