Automatic generating analytics from blockchain data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10515233-B2
Application number	US-201715462873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2017
Priority date	Mar 19, 2017
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification and information retrieval. One example method of operation may include identifying a number of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, creating one or more queries based on the data parameters, executing the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain, identifying one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data, and populating an interface with analytic figures based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
identifying a plurality of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, the request specifying analytic requirements, identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain, used to identify which of the data parameters to extract from the blockchain;
creating one or more queries based on the data parameters;
executing the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain;
identifying one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data;
generating, via the smart contract, the analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain and the identified one or more permissions; and
populating an interface with analytic figures based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data parameters comprise restricted access privileges which are provided to blockchain consortium members to access the data parameters.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the restricted access privileges limit portions of the data parameters which may be retrieved and included in the analytic figures.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analytic requirements are further based on one or more of transaction types in the blockchain, parties to transactions in the blockchain, and a security function used by the blockchain.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing an existing blockchain analytic library; and
determining one or more of a number of transactions, a sum of asset values, a time series analysis of the transactions and an anomaly detection of the transactions.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising: displaying the analytic figures as one or more of a pie graph, a line graph, and a map graph.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
requesting from a plurality of blockchain data owners access to their blockchain data to provide shared blockchain patterns via a software analytics module.

8. An apparatus, comprising:
memory;
a processor, wherein the memory and processor are communicably coupled;
wherein the processor is configured to:
identify a plurality of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, the request specifying analytic requirements, identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain, used to identify which of the data parameters to extract from the blockchain,
create one or more queries based on the data parameters,
execute the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain,
identify one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data,
generate, via the smart contract, the analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain and the identified one or more permissions, and
a transmitter configured to transmit analytic figures to populate an interface based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the data parameters comprise restricted access privileges which are provided to blockchain consortium members to access the data parameters.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the restricted access privileges limit portions of the data parameters which may be retrieved and included in the analytic figures.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the analytic requirements are further based on one or more of transaction types in the blockchain, parties to transactions in the blockchain and a security function used by the blockchain.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
access an existing blockchain analytic library, and
determine one or more of a number of transactions, a sum of asset values, a time series analysis of the transactions and an anomaly detection of the transactions.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the analytic figures as one or more of a pie graph, a line graph, and a map graph.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
request from a plurality of blockchain data owner's access to their blockchain data to provide shared blockchain patterns via a software analytics module.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store at least one instruction that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform:
identifying a plurality of data parameters to extract from a blockchain based on a request for analytic data, the request specifying analytic requirements, identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain, used to identify which of the data parameters to extract from the blockchain;
creating one or more queries based on the data parameters;
executing the one or more queries and retrieving the data parameters from the blockchain;
identifying one or more permissions of a user account associated with the request for analytic data;
generating, via the smart contract, the analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain and the identified one or more permissions, and
populating an interface with analytic figures based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the data parameters comprise restricted access privileges which are provided to blockchain consortium members to access the data parameters.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the restricted access privileges limit portions of the data parameters which may be retrieved and included in the analytic figures.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cuomo Gennaro A
• Dillenberger Donna N
• Heath Iii Fenno F
• Liu Rong
• Vaculin Roman

Classifications

• H04L9/3297

  involving time stamps, e.g. generation of time stamps · CPC title

• H04L9/3236

  using cryptographic hash functions · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F21/645 Primary

  using a third party · CPC title

• H04L9/50

  using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees · CPC title