Automatic generating analytics from blockchain data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11176277-B2
Application number	US-201916680481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2019
Priority date	Mar 19, 2017
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

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:
retrieving, by a computer device, data parameters from a blockchain based on analytic requirements identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain;
identifying, by the computer device, one or more permissions of a user account associated with a user; and
generating, by the computer device, analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain using the data parameters and the identified one or more permissions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data parameters comprise restricted access privileges that 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 , comprising,
populating an interface based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analytic requirements are based on one or more of:
a type of transaction in the blockchain, a party to a transaction in the blockchain, and a security function used by the blockchain.

6. 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.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
displaying the analytic figures as one or more of:
a pie graph, a line graph, and a map graph.

8. 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.

9. An apparatus, comprising:
a hardware-implemented processor configured to:
retrieve data parameters from a blockchain based on analytic requirements identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain;
identify one or more permissions of a user account associated with a user; and

generate analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain using the data parameters and the identified one or more permissions.

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

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

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the hardware-implemented processor is configured to populate an interface based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the analytic requirements are based on one or more of:
a type of transaction in the blockchain, a party to a transaction in the blockchain, and a security function used by the blockchain.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the hardware-implemented 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.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the hardware-implemented processor is further configured to:
display the analytic figures as one or more of:
a pie graph, a line graph, and a map graph.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the hardware-implemented 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.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store one more instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform:
retrieving, by a computer device, data parameters to from a blockchain based on analytic requirements identified in a smart contract associated with the blockchain;
identifying, by the computer device, one or more permissions of a user account associated with a user; and
generating, by the computer device, analytic data based on data obtained by the smart contract from the blockchain using the data parameters and the identified one or more permissions.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the data parameters comprise restricted access privileges that are provided to blockchain consortium members to access the data parameters.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the restricted access privileges limit portions of the data parameters which may be retrieved and included in the analytic figures.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the one more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
populating an interface based on the data parameters retrieved from the blockchain.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04L9/50

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

• H04L9/3236

  using cryptographic hash functions · CPC title

• H04L9/3297

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

• G06F21/645 Primary

  using a third party · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title