IBM: Blockchain patent to increase safety of drones
On September 20, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent application from computer giant IBM. In it, the company describes a system that uses blockchain technology to eliminate privacy and security concerns for drones.
IBM has proven on several occasions that Blockchain is an interesting topic for the world's leading computer company. In March of this year, it was announced that they wanted to operate the smallest computer in the world using blockchain technology. The block transaction platform Batavia, developed in cooperation with the Swiss bank UBS, was the first transaction in April. To drive blockchain developments, IBM is offering online courses for developers in cooperation with the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). Now, the company has created another blockchain use case designed to increase both the security of drones and the resulting privacy issues.
Unmanned aerial vehicles on the blockchain
The patent was first filed by IBM in March 2017. It explains in detail how data from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - better known as drones - can be safely stored on the blockchain. In doing so, the company emphasizes that the blockchain system "can provide effective techniques for managing data related to a UAV, especially when a security risk is considered relatively high." These data may include the location of the drone, the manufacturer, their model, their flight behavior, capabilities such as camera resolution, weather conditions and proximity to prohibited flying areas.
The higher the data protection risk of the drone is estimated, the more blocks should be added to the chain. Thus, the use of a high-resolution sensor may result in additional data transactions being added to the blockchain. More transactions will be added if the sensor is detected as activated. Validator nodes could also grant special permissions by using the transparently stored data to verify that a drone has permission to fly in a particular zone.
At the end of August, the Chinese news portal IPR Daily published a ranking showing which companies have filed most blockchain related patents. With 89 patents, IBM was only just behind the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. This already has 90 blockchain patents.
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