Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Ailia (CH), the first application discloses techniques for the execution of an instance of a smart contract by means of a blockchain. Assigned to Comcast, the second application discloses techniques for monitoring content consumption.
20220247583, "Method for the execution of an instance of a smart contract by means of a blockchain," assigned to Ailia SA (CH).
Abstract
A method of executing an instance of a smart contract through a blockchain shared among a plurality of nodes including the following first step of serializing in the blockchain of the instance of the smart contract, and the following steps in cyclical succession: a second step of serializing a plurality of status files each containing a state defined only by internal variables of the instance at an end of a respective plurality of executions of the instance, the plurality of status files are temporally ordered according to the respective plurality of executions of the instance, a third step of deserializing in a RAM of a last state of the instance by deserializing at least one last state file from the blockchain, and a fourth step of deserializing the instance by valuing a second state of the instance as a last state, a fifth step including further execution of the instance.
20220245603 (and 20220245602) , "Systems and methods for monitoring content consumption," assigned to Comcast.
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring content consumption. A method may comprise determining, by a device, content accessed by one or more user devices. The method may comprise causing a distributed ledger record to be generated. The distributed ledger record may comprise an indication of the content. The distributed ledger record may be stored on a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger may comprise other records indicating content accessed by a plurality of other devices.
