Abstract: A method includes: associating one or more data managers with mutually different models of a plurality of home appliances the one or more data managers managing data items generated by the plurality of home appliances; recording provision record information in which data identification information and manager identification information are associated with each other, the data identification information identifying each of one or more data items generated by the plurality of home appliances, the manager identification information identifying each of the one or more data managers; and determining, when the one or more data items include a used data item used by a data user, an amount to be transferred to a data manager that manages the used data item, based on the provision record information.

Abstract: An information processing method that, in a system including a plurality of information processing devices each holding a blockchain, is executed by one information processing device out of the plurality of information processing devices, includes: generating a first block including one or more items of transaction data, and connecting the first block to the blockchain; generating transaction data indicating payment of a reward for generating the first block, when at least T blocks are connected downstream of the first block in the blockchain where T is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and generating a second block including the transaction data generated, and connecting the second block to the blockchain.

Abstract: A method includes: acquiring transaction data that includes value information regarding a value to be transferred from a second user to a first user; executing a first smart contract recorded in a first blockchain by recording the transaction data in the first blockchain; and executing a second smart contract recorded in a second blockchain different from the first blockchain based on the first smart contract. The second smart contract is a smart contract for transferring at least a portion of the value to be transferred from the second user to the first user, from a first account held by the first user to a third account held by a third user.

Abstract: A control method in which each of an Internet of things (IoT) device and a user who uses the IoT device has a digital account includes: obtaining first transaction data for allowing the user who used the IoT device to transfer a first amount corresponding to a usage amount of the IoT device; specifying, from the first transaction data obtained, the digital account of the IoT device that is associated with an identifier uniquely assigned to hardware of the IoT device; and transferring the usage amount of the IoT device to the digital account of the IoT device by deducting the first amount from the digital account of the user and adding the first amount to the digital account of the IoT device based on the first transaction data obtained.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving, from a terminal operated by a first user who is one of parties that have concluded a first contract, first transaction data that includes a first smart contract corresponding to the first contract and a first electronic signature associated with the first user; executing a consensus algorithm with a plurality of other servers; and recording a block including the first transaction data in a distributed ledger. The first smart contract includes (i) content of the first contract which is a main contract, (ii) a variable that is provisional and used for identifying a second smart contract corresponding to a second contract which is to be newly concluded as a sub contract of the first contract, and (iii) a condition for creation of the second smart contract.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is executed by a first server of servers in a system including one or more IoT devices and the servers. The method includes: obtaining first transaction data including operation notification information and time information from each of the IoT devices, the operation notification information including identification information on the IoT device and a notification indicating that the IoT device is operating, the time information indicating a time when the IoT device has obtained the operation notification information; transferring the obtained first transaction data to second servers different from the first server; executing a first consensus algorithm together with the second servers; and recording a block containing the first transaction data in a distributed ledger of the first server, when the authenticity of the first transaction data is verified by the first consensus algorithm.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a management method for software versions to improve transaction safety of software. In the management method, among management apparatuses, a first token management apparatus obtains request information indicating a requested version requested by a user, and first transaction data indicating that the user provides predetermined number of tokens to a software developer who has developed the requested version is stored in distributed ledgers through execution of a consensus algorithm by the management apparatuses.

Abstract: In a data management method, a plurality of servers store, in a distributed ledger, at least one instance of transaction data each including record information; the record information includes a record of at least one data set; and each data set includes at least one instance of data, among a plurality of instances of data generated by a plurality of devices, satisfying a condition corresponding to the data set. The data management method includes a first terminal owned by a first user of a target data set, or a second terminal owned by a second user of the target data set, performing the following: obtaining the record of at least one similar data set similar to the target data set from the record information; and determining a value of the target data set based on the record obtained.

Abstract: A control method that is performed by a device in a distributed ledger system including a plurality of nodes each holding a distributed ledger includes: obtaining transaction data to be stored into the distributed ledger; obtaining a security level of each of the plurality of nodes; and preferentially determining a node having a higher security level among the plurality of nodes as a destination node for the transaction data.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving, from a terminal operated by a first user who is one of parties that have concluded a first contract, first transaction data that includes a first smart contract corresponding to the first contract and a first electronic signature associated with the first user; executing a consensus algorithm with a plurality of other servers; and recording a block including the first transaction data in a distributed ledger. The first smart contract includes (i) content of the first contract which is a main contract, (ii) a variable that is provisional and used for identifying a second smart contract corresponding to a second contract which is to be newly concluded as a sub contract of the first contract, and (iii) a condition for creation of the second smart contract.

Abstract: A control method that is performed by a first device included in a plurality of devices includes: receiving, from a terminal being used by a second user, first transaction data indicating that value information is to be transferred from a first user to the second user; and storing the received first transaction data into a distributed ledger.

Abstract: A method includes: recording provision record information in which provider identification information which identifies a data provider, data identification information which identifies each of one or more items of provided data generated by a home appliance, and value reference information which serves as a reference for calculating a data value of each of the one or more items of provided data are associated with one another; and when the one or more items of provided data include used data that is data used by a data user, determining an incentive for the data provider of the used data based on the provision record information. The value reference information includes an index value determined by each of a plurality of value indexes.

Abstract: A method includes: transmitting, to a second device used by a second user, identification information of a smart contract including a process of providing content according to a provision condition under which a first user allows to provide the content, through short-range wireless communication; receiving transaction data including identification information of the second device and instruction information for instructing to execute the smart contract, through short-range wireless communication; and storing the transaction data received in a distributed ledger and executing the smart contract, to change an owner of the content from the first user to the second user.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is a method for controlling a first terminal carried by a first user and capable of communicating with a server via a network and includes: establishing short-range wireless communication by the first terminal with a second terminal carried by a second user; requesting the second terminal by the first terminal via the short-range wireless communication to provide item information, which is information related to at least one item included in one or more items worn by the second user, or requesting the server by the first terminal via the network to provide the item information, using identification information of at least one item that has been obtained upon the establishment of the short-range wireless communication; obtaining the item information by the first terminal; and transmitting, to the server, item positive-obtainment information indicating that the item information has been obtained.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is a method for controlling an information spot placed on at least one of a traffic light and roadside equipment and includes: obtaining, from a first mobile body via short-range wireless communication, first information obtained from a first path along which the first mobile body has traveled to reach the location of the information spot and indicating a situation on the first path; obtaining information related to the destination of a second mobile body, which is different from the first mobile body, from the second mobile body via the short-range wireless communication; and transmitting the first information to the second mobile body when it is determined that the second mobile body is to travel along at least a part of the first path to reach the destination.

Abstract: A control method for a first moving body includes: acquiring, from a second moving body, emergency information that includes information on a scheduled route on which an emergency vehicle travels in an emergency; and transmitting, by device-to-device communication, the emergency information to a third moving body that is predicted to travel on the scheduled route.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is executed by a first server of servers in a system including one or more IoT devices and the servers. The method includes: obtaining first transaction data including malfunction information indicating that one of the IoT devices is malfunctioning, and time information indicating a time when the IoT device has obtained the malfunction information; transferring the obtained first transaction data to second servers different from the first server; executing, together with the second servers, a first consensus algorithm for an agreement on an authenticity of the first transaction data; and recording a block containing the first transaction data in a distributed ledger of the first server, when the authenticity of the first transaction data is verified by the first consensus algorithm.

Abstract: A control method of an analysis device includes analyzing a binary code of each of a plurality of smart contracts stored in a first distributed ledger; obtaining, by using a result of the analyzing, items of commonization information expressing, in a common format, items of information provided by the plurality of smart contracts; and generating transaction data that includes the items of commonization information obtained and performing control of storing the transaction data generated into a second distributed ledger.

Abstract: A control method includes: obtaining first transaction data that includes a first variable indicating first information on a first contract made between a first user and a second user, and a second variable set to a predetermined value indicating second information is undetermined; storing the first transaction data into the distributed ledger; executing storing processing of reading out the second variable, and storing it into a rewritable storage in a server; obtaining second transaction data that includes a third variable indicating third information on a second contract made between the first user and a third user, and a change command for changing the second variable, based on the third variable; storing the second transaction data into the distributed ledger; and executing change processing of changing, according to the change command, the second variable from the predetermined value, after the second transaction data is stored into the distributed ledger.

Abstract: A control method includes: obtaining first transaction data that includes first information on a first contract made between a first user and a second user; storing the first transaction data obtained into the distributed ledger; obtaining second transaction data that includes second information on a second contract made between the first user and a third user; storing the second transaction data obtained into the distributed ledger; obtaining third transaction data using the first information and the second information, when one of the first transaction data and the second transaction data is associated with a remaining one of the first transaction data and the second transaction data, the third transaction data including third information on a third contract made between the second user and the third user; and storing the third transaction data obtained into the distributed ledger.