Patents by Inventor Proshanta Sarkar

Proshanta Sarkar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Identifying faults in a blockchain ordering service
    Patent number: 11296864
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of signing a blockchain transaction by an endorsement peer member of a blockchain, transmitting the blockchain transaction to an ordering service, identifying a blockchain transaction queue length, and receiving a signed promise from the ordering service that the blockchain transaction will be included in an identified block number based on the blockchain transaction queue length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pralhad Dinesh Deshpande, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Sudip Dutta
  • Civil project and materials management on a blockchain
    Patent number: 11194932
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving sensory data, identifying one or more operations in a smart contract stored on a blockchain, performing the one or more operations based on the sensory data received, creating a blockchain transaction with a record of the one or more operations performed and the sensory data received, and committing the blockchain transaction to the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shantanu Sinha, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Diptiman Dasgupta
  • Identifying faults in a blockchain ordering service
    Patent number: 10985907
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of initiating a timer to begin timing an audit procedure, when the timer expires after a predefined period of time, randomly selecting a committer node member of a blockchain, transmitting a request for a hash of a blockchain block, comparing the hash of the blockchain block, received from the randomly selected committer node, to a known value of the hash of the blockchain block, and determining whether the hash of the blockchain block received matches the known value of the hash of the blockchain block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pralhad Dinesh Deshpande, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Sudip Dutta
  • CIVIL PROJECT AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ON A BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20190377904
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving sensory data, identifying one or more operations in a smart contract stored on a blockchain, performing the one or more operations based on the sensory data received, creating a blockchain transaction with a record of the one or more operations performed and the sensory data received, and committing the blockchain transaction to the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shantanu Sinha, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Diptiman Dasgupta
  • IDENTIFYING FAULTS IN A BLOCKCHAIN ORDERING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20190356470
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of signing a blockchain transaction by an endorsement peer member of a blockchain, transmitting the blockchain transaction to an ordering service, identifying a blockchain transaction queue length, and receiving a signed promise from the ordering service that the blockchain transaction will be included in an identified block number based on the blockchain transaction queue length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Pralhad Dinesh Deshpande, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Sudip Dutta
  • IDENTIFYING FAULTS IN A BLOCKCHAIN ORDERING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20190356469
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of initiating a timer to begin timing an audit procedure, when the timer expires after a predefined period of time, randomly selecting a committer node member of a blockchain, transmitting a request for a hash of a blockchain block, comparing the hash of the blockchain block, received from the randomly selected committer node, to a known value of the hash of the blockchain block, and determining whether the hash of the blockchain block received matches the known value of the hash of the blockchain block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Pralhad Dinesh Deshpande, Proshanta Sarkar, Santanu Mitra, Sudip Dutta