Systems and methods for space-based transactions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11836711-B2
Application number	US-202117185629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2021
Priority date	Feb 25, 2020
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for space-based transactions are disclosed. A method for conducting a space-based transaction may include: (1) a first space-based device determining that it is incapable or will be incapable of providing the service; (2) the first space-based device identifying a second space-based device; (3) the first space-based device requesting capability information for the second space-based device; (4) the first space-based device that the second space-based device is capable of providing the service based on the capability information; and (5) the first space-based device executing a transaction with the second space-based device, wherein the first space-based device pays the second space-based device for the service by transferring payment from an electronic wallet for the first space-based device to an electronic wallet for the second space-based device on the distributed ledger network, and the second space-based device provides the service to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for conducting a space-based transaction, comprising:
receiving, by a first space-based device and from a user, a request for a service, wherein the first space-based device and the user are participants in a distributed ledger network as nodes;
providing, by the first space-based device, the service to the user;
determining, by the first space-based device, that it will be incapable of providing the service;
identifying, by the first space-based device, a second space-based device, wherein the second space-based device is a participant in the distributed ledger network;
requesting, by the first space-based device and from the second space-based device, capability information for the second space-based device;
confirming, by the first space-based device, that the second space-based device is capable of providing the service based on the capability information;
transferring, by the first space-based device, the service to the second space-based device, wherein the second space-based device is configured to provide the service to the user; and
executing, by the first space-based device, a transaction with the second space-based device, wherein the first space-based device pays the second space-based device for the service by transferring payment from an electronic wallet for the first space-based device to an electronic wallet for the second space-based device on the distributed ledger network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service comprises a data communication service and/or an imaging service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first space-based device will be incapable of providing the service by moving out of a coverage zone.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first space-based device is incapable of providing the service by not being over a coverage zone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment is recorded on a side chain when the first space-based device and the second space-based device are out of communication with the distributed ledger network, and a distributed ledger in the distributed ledger network is updated with the payment on the side chain when communication is restored.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first space-based device, the second space-based device, and/or the user are indirect participants in the distributed ledger network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received at a marketplace on the distributed ledger network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment is provided as a second service.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability information is received as a capability attestation from the second space-based device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first space-based device and/or the second space-based device is a satellite.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second space-based device writes a hash of the service provided and/or a token for the service provided to the distributed ledger.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon, which when read and executed by one or more computer processors in a first space-based device, cause the one or more computer processors to perform steps comprising:
receiving, from a user, a request for a service, wherein the user and the first space-based device are participants in a distributed ledger network as nodes;
providing the service to the user;
determining that the first space-based device will be incapable of providing the service;
identifying, a second space-based device, wherein the second space-based device is a participant in the distributed ledger network;
requesting, from the second space-based device, capability information for the second space-based device;
confirming that the second space-based device is capable of providing the service based on the capability information;
transferring the service to the second space-based device, wherein the second space-based device is configured to provide the service to the user; and
executing transaction with the second space-based device, wherein the first space-based device pays the second space-based device for the service by transferring payment from an electronic wallet for the first space-based device to an electronic wallet for the second space-based device on the distributed ledger network.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the service comprises a data communication service and/or an imaging service.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first space-based device will be incapable of providing the service by moving out of a coverage zone or by not being over a coverage zone.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the payment is recorded on a side chain when the first space-based device and the second space-based device are out of communication with the distributed ledger network, and a distributed ledger in the distributed ledger network is updated with the payment on the side chain when communication is restored.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the request is received at a marketplace on the distributed ledger network.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the payment is provided as a second service.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the capability information is received as a capability attestation from the second space-based device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first space-based device and/or the second space-based device is a satellite.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the second space-based device is configured to write a hash of the service provided and/or a token for the service provided to the distributed ledger.

Assignees

• Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na

Inventors

• Moudgal Keerthi
• Kassis George
• Lobban Tyrone
• Moy Christine
• Farooq Umar

Classifications

• G06Q20/367 Primary

  involving electronic purses or money safes · CPC title

• G06Q20/381

  Currency conversion · CPC title

• G06Q20/102 Primary

  Bill distribution or payments · CPC title

• G06Q20/389

  Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction · CPC title