Managing standard operating procedures using distributed ledger networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023224162-A1
Application number	US-202217571660-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 10, 2022
Priority date	Jan 10, 2022
Publication date	Jul 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods of the disclosure include: receiving, by a node of a distributed ledger network, first transaction data, wherein the first transaction data comprises an alert derived from a state of a computer system; storing the first transaction data in a first block of the distributed ledger network; receiving, by the node, second transaction data, wherein the second transaction data comprises an identifier of a remedial action performed on the computer system in response to the alert and a result of performing the remedial action; and storing the second transaction data in a block of the distributed ledger network, wherein the block is provided by one of: the first block or a second block.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a node of a distributed ledger network, first transaction data, wherein the first transaction data comprises an alert derived from a state of a computer system; storing, by the node, the first transaction data in a first block of the distributed ledger network; receiving, by the node, second transaction data, wherein the second transaction data comprises an identifier of a remedial action performed on the computer system in response to the alert and a result of performing the remedial action; and storing the second transaction data in a block of the distributed ledger network, wherein the block is provided by one of: the first block or a second block.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the node, third transaction data, wherein the third transaction data comprises the state of the production system in response to performing the remedial action.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the node, fourth transaction data, wherein the fourth transaction data comprises one or more cryptographic signatures from one or more parties; and storing the fourth transaction data in the first block.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the node, fourth transaction data, wherein the fourth transaction data comprises one or more cryptographic signatures from one or more parties; and storing the fourth transaction data in a fourth block of the distributed ledger network.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein each cryptographic signature comprises a cryptographic hash value of a message transmitted to the one or more parties.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transaction data is received in response to a system failure of the computer system, and wherein the alert is indicative of the system failure.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transaction data is received in response to a user request for a configuration change of the computer system, and wherein the alert is to indicate the user request.

8 . A system comprising:
a distributed ledger network client; and a distributed ledger network comprising a node to:
receive, from the distributed ledger network client, first transaction data, wherein the first transaction data comprises an alert derived from a state of a computer system;
store the first transaction data in a first block of the distributed ledger network;
receive second transaction data, wherein the second transaction data comprises an identifier of a remedial action performed on the computer system in response to the alert and a result of performing the remedial action; and
store the second transaction data in a block of the distributed ledger network,
wherein the block is provided by one of: the first block or a second block.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the node is further to:
receive third transaction data, wherein the third transaction data comprises the state of the production system in response to performing the remedial action.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the node is further to:
receive fourth transaction data, wherein the fourth transaction data comprises one or more cryptographic signatures from one or more parties; and store the fourth transaction data in the first block.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the node is further to:
receive fourth transaction data, wherein the fourth transaction data comprises one or more cryptographic signatures from one or more parties; and store the fourth transaction data in a fourth block of the distributed ledger network.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein each cryptographic signature comprises a cryptographic hash value of a message transmitted to the one or more parties.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first transaction data is received in response to a system failure of the computer system, and wherein the alert is indicative of the system failure.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first transaction data is received in response to a user request for a configuration change of the computer system, and wherein the alert is to indicate the user request.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
monitoring, by a monitoring component of a computer system, a state of the computer system; detecting that the state of the computer system comprises a failed state; and sending, to a node of a distributed ledger network, an alert indicating the state of the computer system.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising: a user interface, wherein an administrator can modify the user interface to perform a change to the computer system.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining that transaction data stored on a block of the distributed ledger network comprises one or more cryptographic signatures, wherein the one or more cryptographic signatures satisfy a prerequisite condition; in response to determining that the transaction data stored on the block of the distributed ledger network comprises the one or more cryptographic signatures, monitoring one or more remedial actions executed on the computer system; and sending, to the node of the distributed ledger network, data comprising the one or more remedial actions executed on the computer system.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising:
sending, to the node of the distributed ledger network, data comprising a result of the one or more remedial actions executed on the computer system.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising:
in response to monitoring the one or more remedial actions executed on the computer system, detecting a current state of the computer system; and
sending, to the node of the distributed ledger network, data comprising the current state of the computer system.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein each cryptographic signature comprises a cryptographic hash value of a message transmitted to one or more parties.

Assignees

• Red Hat Inc

Inventors

• Gallagher Brian
• O'Connor Cathal

Classifications

• H04L63/123

  received data contents, e.g. message integrity · CPC title

• H04L9/3239 Primary

  involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD · CPC title

• H04L9/3247

  involving digital signatures · CPC title

• H04L9/50 Primary

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

• H04L63/126

  the source of the received data · CPC title