Semantic-taxonomy-based immutable ledger request evaluation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456058-B2
Application number	US-202418430821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2024
Priority date	Feb 2, 2024
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for evaluating immutable ledger requests using a semantic taxonomy. An example system includes a memory comprising instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. Example instructions include providing a semantic taxonomy of semantically linked terms and phrases; using the semantic taxonomy to validate input fields of requests for immutable ledger transactions according to one or more predefined templates; and submitting the validated requests to an immutable ledger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a memory comprising instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions, the instructions including:
providing, by a virtual machine executing on the system, a semantic taxonomy of semantically linked terms and phrases;
using, by the virtual machine, the semantic taxonomy to validate input fields of requests for immutable ledger transactions according to one or more predefined templates;
submitting, by the virtual machine, the validated requests to an immutable ledger; and
causing, by the virtual machine, the immutable ledger to distribute the validated requests to one or more other nodes of the immutable ledger.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the semantic taxonomy uses a semantic graph.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input fields of the requests are validated against the semantic taxonomy using semantic links within the taxonomy to determine a context and meaning of phrases within the requests.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein validating the input fields of the requests prevents placement of illegal content or malicious data onto the immutable ledger by enforcing use of the predefined templates.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein validating the input fields of the requests includes ensuring compliance with the predefined templates.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests are received via an application programming interface, the requests include text fields populated with strings, and the input fields are validated by verifying the strings against the semantic taxonomy.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include dynamically updating messages in the requests based on real-time changes in associated data.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the semantic taxonomy is structured using a Resource Description Framework (RDF) that is extensible and supports interoperability with external datasets or knowledge bases.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the semantic taxonomy is configured to maintain contextual relationships between elements in the taxonomy to generate semantically coherent messages.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the semantic taxonomy is extensible to include new nodes, relationships, or substructures without database rebuilding.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is configured as middleware or a module that is interoperable with various immutable ledger architectures.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the immutable ledger is a blockchain.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the immutable ledger is distributed.

14. A method comprising:
providing, by a virtual machine executing on a server, a semantic taxonomy of semantically linked terms and phrases;
using, by the virtual machine, the semantic taxonomy to validate input fields of requests for immutable ledger transactions according to one or more predefined templates;
submitting, by the virtual machine, the validated requests to an immutable ledger; and
causing, by the virtual machine, the immutable ledger to distribute the validated requests to one or more other nodes of the immutable ledger.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the semantic taxonomy uses a semantic graph.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the input fields of the requests are validated against the semantic taxonomy using semantic links within the taxonomy to determine a context and meaning of phrases within the requests.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the semantic taxonomy is configured to maintain contextual relationships between elements in the taxonomy to generate semantically coherent messages.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the semantic taxonomy is extensible to include new nodes, relationships, or substructures without database rebuilding.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the immutable ledger is a blockchain.

20. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device to perform the following steps:
providing, by a virtual machine executing on a server, a semantic taxonomy of semantically linked terms and phrases;
using, by the virtual machine, the semantic taxonomy to validate input fields of requests for immutable ledger transactions according to one or more predefined templates;
submitting, by the virtual machine, the validated requests to an immutable ledger; and
causing, by the virtual machine, the immutable ledger to distribute the validated requests to one or more other nodes of the immutable ledger.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Barnett Alan
• Keating Matthew
• Globin Merry

Classifications

• G06F21/552

  involving long-term monitoring or reporting · CPC title

• G06F40/30 Primary

  Semantic analysis · CPC title

• G06F2221/034

  Test or assess a computer or a system · CPC title

• G06N5/02 Primary

  Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation · CPC title