US 11,683,185 B2
Entity certification management
Igor Anatolyevich Naumov, Plano, TX (US); and Yichong Yu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/784,231.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250180 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3263 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3247 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A certificate issuer node in a blockchain network, the certificate issuer node comprising:
a processor that when executing one or more instructions stored in a memory is configured to:
receive, from an asset producer node of the blockchain network via a blockchain of the blockchain network, a request to execute a certification process to verify an origin and an integrity of an asset from the asset producer node;
generate, by the certification process, a digital certificate linked to the request and assigned to the asset producer node;
link the digital certificate to an authority of the certificate issuer node;
link the digital certificate to a plurality of credentials documents issued by another certificate issuer node based on location data associated with the asset and identification data of the certificate issuer node; and
sign the digital certificate to ensure origin and integrity of the asset.