Application testing on a blockchain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9934138-B1
Application number	US-201615371812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Dec 7, 2016
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A blockchain test configuration may provide a simple and secure infrastructure for testing applications. One example method of operation may comprise one or more of transmitting a request to a network of nodes to test a test package associated with an application. The method may also include receiving results based on the test of the test package and recording the results in a blockchain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
transmitting a request to a network of nodes to test a test package associated with an application;
receiving results based on the test of the test package; and
recording the results in a blockchain.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a contract comprising test information used to perform the test and including the contract and the request in the test package.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the contract comprises one or more of a reward for performing the test, a number of test cycles, an amount of central processing unit utilization, an amount of memory utilization and an amount of time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the test package is an image container.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the request comprises using a distributed peer proxy node server to distribute the test package to a plurality of distributed peer proxy node client devices operating as the network of nodes.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing the received results to known results associated with the application; and
creating an alert when the results are different from the known results.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising broadcasting the results to one or more client devices in the network.

8. An apparatus, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a request to a network of nodes to test a test package associated with an application;
a receiver configured to receive results based on the test of the test package; and
a processor configured to record the results in a blockchain.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to create a contract comprising test information used to perform the test and including the contract and the request in the test package.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the contract comprises one or more of a reward for performing the test, a number of test cycles, an amount of central processing unit utilization, an amount of memory utilization and an amount of time.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the test package is an image container.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter transmits the request using a distributed peer proxy node server to distribute the test package to a plurality of distributed peer proxy node client devices operating as the network of nodes.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to
compare the received results to known results associated with the application, and
create an alert when the results are different from the known results.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to broadcast the results to one or more client devices in the network.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:
transmitting a request to a network of nodes to test a test package associated with an application;
receiving results based on the test of the test package; and
recording the results in a blockchain.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform creating a contract comprising test information used to perform the test and including the contract and the request in the test package.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the contract comprises one or more of a reward for performing the test, a number of test cycles, an amount of central processing unit utilization, an amount of memory utilization and an amount of time.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the test package is an image container.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein transmitting the request comprises using a distributed peer proxy node server to distribute the test package to a plurality of distributed peer proxy node client devices operating as the network of nodes.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform at least one of:
comparing the received results to known results associated with the application;
creating an alert when the results are different from the known results; and
broadcasting the results to one or more client devices in the network.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bache Vijay Kumar Ananthapur
• Bera Jhilam
• Kumar Arvind
• Sahoo Bidhu

Classifications

• G06F11/3676

  for coverage analysis · CPC title

• H04L9/3236

  using cryptographic hash functions · CPC title

• G06F11/3688 Primary

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title

• H04L2209/56

  Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash · CPC title

• H04L9/50

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