Method and apparatus for sharing information recorded on blockchain based on anchoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11232077-B2
Application number	US-201916664381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2019
Priority date	Oct 26, 2018
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

A method of sharing information on the basis of anchoring and an anchoring device supporting the same and more particularly are provided. One of the methods includes, acquiring anchoring information including first field information permitted for sharing from a target transaction record recorded in a first blockchain and recording the acquired anchoring information in a second blockchain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by an anchoring device to share information on the basis of anchoring, the method comprising:
acquiring anchoring information from a target transaction record recorded in a first blockchain; and
recording the acquired anchoring information in a second blockchain,
wherein the target transaction record includes a plurality of pieces of field information including first field information permitted for sharing and second field information not permitted for sharing;
the anchoring information includes the first field information and verification information, and the anchoring information excludes the second field information;
the verification information includes information for verifying on the first field information and the second field information; and
the information for verifying the first field information and the second field information includes a root hash value of a Merkle tree configured on the basis of the plurality of pieces of field information and a non-root hash value related to the second field information in the Merkle tree.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first blockchain is a blockchain to which access of a sharee of the first field information is restricted; and
the second blockchain is a blockchain to which access of a sharee of the first field information is allowed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first blockchain is a private blockchain; and
the second blockchain is a public blockchain.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first blockchain is shared through a first channel in a blockchain network; and
the second blockchain is shared through a second channel in the blockchain network.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring information further includes an identifier of a target transaction and information on a block in which the target transaction record is recorded.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring information further includes electronic signature information of the first field information generated with a private key related to a target transaction.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a public key corresponding to the private key is registered in a specific blockchain which is a public blockchain.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-root hash value related to the second field information includes a minimum number of non-root hash values required for calculating the root hash value.

9. A method performed by a computing device to share information on the basis of anchoring, the method comprising:
retrieving an anchoring transaction record recorded in a first blockchain, the anchoring transaction record including first field information and verification information; and
verifying the first field information by using the verification information,
wherein the anchoring transaction record is generated by anchoring a target transaction record recorded in a second blockchain;
the target transaction record includes a plurality of pieces of field information including the first field information permitted for sharing and second field information not permitted for sharing
wherein the verification information includes information for verifying the first field information and the second field information; and
the information for verifying the first field information and the second field information includes a root hash value of a Merkle tree configured on the basis of the plurality of pieces of field information and a non-root hash value related to the second field information in the Merkle tree.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first field information corresponds to some of the plurality of pieces of field information included in the target transaction record.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first blockchain is a public blockchain; and
the second blockchain is a private blockchain.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the verification information further includes electronic signature information of the first field information; and
the verifying of the first field information comprises:
acquiring a public key previously registered in a public blockchain; and
verifying the electronic signature information with the acquired public key.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information for verifying the first field information and the second field information includes a first root hash value of a Merkle tree configured on the basis of the plurality of pieces of field information and a non-root hash value related to the second field information in the Merkle tree; and
the verifying of the first field information comprises:
calculating a hash value of the first field information;
calculating a second root hash value of the Merkle tree by using the calculated hash value and the non-root hash value; and
verifying the first field information on the basis of a comparison result between the first root hash value and the second root hash value.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the non-root hash value related to the second field information includes a minimum number of non-root hash values required for calculating the second root hash value.

15. An anchoring device comprising:
a communication interface configured to interoperate with a first blockchain and a second blockchain;
a memory including one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to, by executing the one or more instructions, acquire anchoring information from a target transaction record recorded in the first blockchain, and record the acquired anchoring information in the second blockchain,
wherein the target transaction record includes a plurality of pieces of field information including first field information permitted for sharing and second field information not permitted for sharing;
the anchoring information includes the first field information and verification information, and the anchoring information excludes the second field information; and
the verification information includes information for verifying on the first field information and the second field information; and
the verification information includes a root hash value of a Merkle tree configured on the basis of the plurality of pieces of field information and a non-root hash value related to the second field information in the Merkle tree.

16. The anchoring device of claim 15 , wherein the anchoring information further includes electronic signature information of the first field information generated with a private key related to a target transaction.

Assignees

• Samsung Sds Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jae Seok
• Lee Hyo Jung
• Cho Jung Woo
• Sung Ki Woon

Classifications

• H04L9/50

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

• H04L67/1093

  Some peer nodes performing special functions · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• G06F16/176 Primary

  Support for shared access to files; File sharing support · CPC title

• H04L9/0637

  Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM] · CPC title