Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Micro Focus, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain malware protection. Assigned to Visa, the second application discloses techniques for creating multiple records based on an ordered smart contract.
20220417272, “Blockchain malware protection,” assigned to Micro Focus.
Abstract
A request to add a new block to a blockchain is received. Data associated with the new block is scanned to identify malware and/or an anomaly. In response to identifying the malware and/or the anomaly in the data associated with the new block, an action is taken. The action includes: rejecting the request to add the new block to the blockchain, or removing the malware/anomaly from the new block and adding the new block to the blockchain. In a second embodiment, a malware event is identified that identifies malware/an anomaly in a block in a blockchain. In response to the malware event, an action is taken. The action includes: consolidating the blockchain, bypassing the block in the blockchain, consolidating the blockchain and bypassing the block in the blockchain, and deleting an encryption key that was used to encrypt the associated data that comprises the malware and/or the anomaly.
20220414653, “Systems and methods for creating multiple records based on an ordered smart contract,” assigned to Visa International Service Association.
Abstract
A method for creating a smart contract detailing an ordered set of events is disclosed. A smart contract can include information about multiple events and responses for each event. The events and response can be arranged in a predefined order. The responses can include adding new records to a blockchain.
