Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zero knowledge third party guarantee of service on decentralized computing platform
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Application No.: US15499975Application Date: 2017-04-28
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Publication No.: US11037118B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: James R. Kraemer , Jeb R. Linton
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Fleit Intellectual Property Law
- Agent Jon Gibbons
- Main IPC: G06Q20/06
- IPC: G06Q20/06 ; G06Q20/14 ; G06F21/62 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06F21/10 ; G06Q20/12 ; G06N5/00 ; G06Q20/38

Abstract:
A service running on a server, for example as a cloud server, that services with a guarantee from a guarantor. The service includes receiving, from a user using a zero-knowledge protocol to ensure privacy of the user, a request for a service with an associated quality level for a fee. Next, the request for service received requires a guarantee of the service requiring additional assurances based on a rating quantity available by a guarantor of the service is identified. At least a portion of the rating quantity available by the guarantor of the service is received. A notification from the user that the service is unacceptable is received. In response to the notification and a verification that the associated quality level was not met, refunding at least a portion of the fee to the user from the guarantor of the service.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180315026A1 ZERO KNOWLEDGE THIRD PARTY GUARANTEE OF SERVICE ON DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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