Digital artifact marketplace

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12406288-B2
Application number	US-202217656233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2022
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

In an approach for storage, search, acquisition, and composition of a digital artifact, a processor obtains the digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform. The digital artifact is a collection of digital data with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data. A processor transforms the digital artifact to define an access privilege. A processor shares the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue including the digital artifact. A processor authorizes a usage request based on the access privilege. A processor rewards a source of the digital artifact based on the usage of the digital artifact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processors, a digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform, wherein the digital artifact is a collection of digital data generated by an orchestrator hosted by a first client using a first workflow, and wherein the digital artifact is stored with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data;
transforming, by one or more processors, the digital artifact by annotating the digital artifact with data security metadata;
sharing, by one or more processors, the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue including the digital artifact;
authorizing, by one or more processors, a usage request from an orchestrator hosted by a second client based on the data security metadata and an access privilege of the second client;
optimizing, by one or more processors and in response to the authorizing, a second workflow by reusing the digital artifact, wherein the second workflow is executed by the orchestrator hosted by the second client while accessing the digital artifact; and
rewarding, by one or more processors, the first client based on the reusing.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the digital artifact further comprises documents, data, and configuration parameters that are produced by a collection of workflows, workflow descriptions, and subgraphs of the workflows, and wherein the provenance and usage data comprises a record of a process selected from the group consisting of: originating the collection of digital data, transforming the collection of digital data, and submitting the digital artifact to the digital marketplace platform.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the annotating defines the access privilege.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
uploading the digital artifact to the digital marketplace platform;
cataloging the digital artifact into the catalogue;
querying the digital artifact;
querying the provenance and usage data;
reusing the digital artifact by a workflow orchestrator to optimize execution of related pipelines and computational workflows; and
downloading the digital artifact from the digital marketplace platform.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
evaluating a second usage request for the digital artifact; and
in response to determining, based on the evaluating, that the second usage request fails to meet a pre-defined standard, rejecting the second usage request.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
tracking usage of the digital artifact;
tracking provenance information of the digital artifact;
determining a value of the digital artifact; and
charging a user for using the digital artifact.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rewarding the first client with a digital currency in response to the sharing the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform; and
rewarding the first client with the digital currency whenever the digital artifact is reused.

8. A computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to obtain a digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform, wherein the digital artifact comprises a collection of digital data generated by an orchestrator hosted by a first client using a first workflow, and wherein the digital artifact is stored with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data;
program instructions to transform the digital artifact by annotating the digital artifact with data security metadata;
program instructions to share the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue including the digital artifact;
program instructions to authorize a usage request from an orchestrator hosted by a second client based on the data security metadata and an access privilege of the second client;
program instructions to, in response to the authorization, optimize a second workflow by reusing the digital artifact, wherein the second workflow is executed by the orchestrator hosted by the second client while accessing the digital artifact; and
program instructions to reward the first client based on the reusing.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the digital artifact further comprises documents, data, and configuration parameters that are produced by a-collection of workflows, workflow descriptions, and subgraphs of the workflows, and wherein the provenance and usage data comprises a record of a process selected from the group consisting of: originating the collection of digital data, transforming the collection of digital data, and submitting the digital artifact to the digital marketplace platform.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the annotating defines the access privilege.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to upload the digital artifact to the digital marketplace platform;
program instructions to catalog the digital artifact into the catalogue;
program instructions to query the digital artifact;
program instructions to query the provenance and usage data;
program instructions to reuse the digital artifact by a workflow orchestrator to optimize execution of related pipelines and computational workflows; and
program instructions to download the digital artifact from the digital marketplace platform.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to evaluate a second usage request for the digital artifact; and
program instructions to, in response to determining, based on the evaluation, that the second usage request fails to meet a pre-defined standard, reject the second usage request.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to track usage of the digital artifact;
program instructions to track provenance information of the digital artifact;
program instructions to determine a value of the digital artifact; and
program instructions to charge a user for using the digital artifact.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to reward the first client with a digital currency in response to the sharing the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform;
program instructions to reward the first client with the digital currency whenever the digital artifact is reused.

15. A computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to obtain a digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform, wherein the digital artifact comprises a collection of digital data generated by an orchestrator hosted by a first client using a first workflow, and wherein the digital artifact is stored with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data;
program instructions to transform the digital artifact by annotating the digital artifact with data security metadata;
program instructions to share the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue inc

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Vasileiadis Vasileios
• Venugopal Srikumar
• Braghin Stefano
• Pinto Christian
• Johnston Michael
• Gkoufas Yiannis

Classifications

• G06Q30/018

  Certifying business or products · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06Q20/1235 Primary

  with control of digital rights management [DRM] · CPC title

• G06Q30/0607

  Regulating the sale of restricted items, e.g. alcohol · CPC title

• G06Q30/0603 Primary

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title