BLOCK CHAIN MODIFICATION CORRELATION

• US 20200136805A1
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Profitstance, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Profitstance, Inc.
• Inventors: CLAWSON, James Winston, BLASER, Gwyllum Corey
• Granted Patent: US 11,838,404 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/065 using e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/36 using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0637 Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3239 involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/50 using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees

Abstract

A method may include obtaining first and second sets of block chain modifications from first and second exchange servers, respectively. The method may additionally include parsing the sets of block chain modifications to identify attributes associated with a first block chain modification included in the first set of block chain modifications, and automatically correlating the first block chain modification with a second block chain modification included in the second set of block chain modifications as corresponding components of an exchange associated with the first user. The method may additionally include flagging both the first and second block chain modifications based on the automatic correlation, and generating a report of the sets of block chain modifications that excludes the flagged block chain modifications.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a first set of block chain modifications related to a first user from a first digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the first set of block chain modifications accessible via credentials of the first user;

obtaining a second set of block chain modifications related to the first user from a second digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the second set of block chain modifications accessible via the credentials of the first user;

parsing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications to identify attributes associated with a first block chain modification included in the first set of block chain modifications;

automatically correlating the first block chain modification with a second block chain modification included in the second set of block chain modifications as corresponding components of an exchange involving the first digital asset exchange and the second digital asset exchange associated with the first user based on the attributes of at least the first block chain modification;

flagging both the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the automatic correlation; and

generating a report of the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications that excludes the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification being flagged as both being associated with the exchange associated with the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting an additional attribute of the first block chain modification based on historical data obtained from sources other than the first digital asset exchange server;

wherein the first block chain modification is automatically correlated with the second block chain modification based on the predicted additional attribute of the first block chain modification.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically correlating the first block chain modification includes:

beginning with the first block chain modification as an outgoing block chain modification, searching for incoming block chain modifications of a same quantity or a quantity within a first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification, and a same date or a date within a second threshold date of the first block chain modification;

based on the search for the incoming block chain modifications of the same quantity or the quantity within the first threshold yielding no results, iteratively expanding one or both of the first threshold and the second threshold to facilitate searching for incoming block chain modifications within the first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification and within the second threshold date and time of the first block chain modification; and

identifying the second block chain modification during the searching facilitated by the iteratively expanding as correlated with the first block chain modification.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the second set of block chain modifications comprises:

identifying the second set of block chain modifications as potentially being related to the first user based on metadata associated with block chain modifications within the first set of block chain modifications;

generating a message to the first user indicating that the second set of block chain modifications is potentially related to the first user; and

receiving the second set of block chain modifications from the second digital asset exchange server based on the first user providing credentials to the second digital asset exchange server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the report includes:

identifying a data allocation procedure to be used based on geographical location;

according to the data allocation procedure, organizing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications from oldest to newest;

selecting a first outgoing block chain modification of a first quantity that occurred at a first time;

identifying a first incoming block chain modification as a next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification;

based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being smaller than the first outgoing block chain modification, identifying a second incoming block chain modification as the next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification; and

based on the quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being larger than the quantity of the first outgoing block chain modification, generating a group data object including the first outgoing block chain modification, the first incoming block chain modification, and the second incoming block chain modification;

wherein the report includes the group data object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first incoming block chain modification is variable in quantity over time and the determining the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification is based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification at the first time of the first outgoing block chain modification, and the group data object further includes the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification when the first incoming block chain modification was initially received.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selecting a second outgoing block chain modification of a second quantity that occurred at a second time, the second outgoing block chain modification being next in the oldest to newest data ordering;

identifying a third incoming block chain modification as a next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the third incoming block chain modification relative to the second outgoing block chain modification;

based on the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification being larger than the second outgoing block chain modification, generating a second group data object including the second outgoing block chain modification and the third incoming block chain modification; and

adjusting metadata associated with the third incoming block chain modification such that a portion of the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification is correlated with the second outgoing block chain modification in the second group data object and a remainder of the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification is correlated with a later outgoing block chain modification in a later group data object.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a first set of block chain modifications related to a first user from a first digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the first set of block chain modifications accessible via credentials of the first user;

obtaining a second set of block chain modifications related to the first user from a second digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the second set of block chain modifications accessible via the credentials of the first user;

parsing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications to identify attributes associated with a first block chain modification included in the first set of block chain modifications;

automatically correlating the first block chain modification with a second block chain modification included in the second set of block chain modifications as corresponding components of an exchange involving the first digital asset exchange and the second digital asset exchange associated with the first user based on the attributes of at least the first block chain modification;

flagging both the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the automatic correlation; and

generating a report of the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications that excludes the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification being flagged as both being associated with the exchange associated with the first user.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

predicting an additional attribute of the first block chain modification based on historical data obtained from sources other than the first digital asset exchange server;

wherein the first block chain modification is automatically correlated with the second block chain modification based on the predicted additional attribute of the first block chain modification.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein automatically correlating the first block chain modification includes:

beginning with the first block chain modification as an outgoing block chain modification, searching for incoming block chain modifications of a same quantity or a quantity within a first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification, and a same date and time or a date and time within a second threshold date and time of the first block chain modification;

based on the search for the incoming block chain modifications of the same quantity or the quantity within the first threshold yielding no results, iteratively expanding one or both of the first threshold and the second threshold to facilitate searching for incoming block chain modifications within the first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification and within the second threshold date and time of the first block chain modification; and

identifying the second block chain modification during the searching facilitated by the iteratively expanding as correlated with the first block chain modification.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein obtaining the second set of block chain modifications comprises:

identifying the second set of block chain modifications as potentially being related to the first user based on metadata associated with block chain modifications within the first set of block chain modifications;

generating a message to the first user indicating that the second set of block chain modifications is potentially related to the first user; and

receiving the second set of block chain modifications from the second digital asset exchange server based on the first user providing credentials to the second digital asset exchange server.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein generating the report includes:

identifying a data allocation procedure to be used based on geographical location;

according to the data allocation procedure, organizing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications from oldest to newest;

selecting a first outgoing block chain modification of a first quantity that occurred at a first time;

identifying a first incoming block chain modification as a next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification;

based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being smaller than the first outgoing block chain modification, identifying a second incoming block chain modification as the next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification; and

based on the quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being larger than the quantity of the first outgoing block chain modification, generating a group data object including the first outgoing block chain modification, the first incoming block chain modification, and the second incoming block chain modification;

wherein the report includes the group data object.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the first incoming block chain modification is variable in quantity over time and the determining the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification is based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification at the first time of the first outgoing block chain modification, and the group data object further includes the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification when the first incoming block chain modification was initially received.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 wherein the operations further comprise:

selecting a second outgoing block chain modification of a second quantity that occurred at a second time, the second outgoing block chain modification being next in the oldest to newest data ordering;

identifying a third incoming block chain modification as a next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the third incoming block chain modification relative to the second outgoing block chain modification;

based on the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification being larger than the second outgoing block chain modification, generating a second group data object including the second outgoing block chain modification and the third incoming block chain modification; and

adjusting metadata associated with the third incoming block chain modification such that a portion of the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification is correlated with the second outgoing block chain modification in the second group data object and a remainder of the quantity of the third incoming block chain modification is correlated with a later outgoing block chain modification in a later group data object.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

obtaining a first set of block chain modifications related to a first user from a first digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the first set of block chain modifications accessible via credentials of the first user;

obtaining a second set of block chain modifications related to the first user from a second digital asset exchange server, at least portions of the second set of block chain modifications accessible via the credentials of the first user;

parsing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications to identify attributes associated with a first block chain modification included in the first set of block chain modifications;

automatically correlating the first block chain modification with a second block chain modification included in the second set of block chain modifications as corresponding components of an exchange involving the first digital asset exchange and the second digital asset exchange associated with the first user based on the attributes of at least the first block chain modification;

flagging both the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the automatic correlation; and

generating a report of the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications that excludes the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification based on the first block chain modification and the second block chain modification being flagged as both being associated with the exchange associated with the first user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

predicting an additional attribute of the first block chain modification based on historical data obtained from sources other than the first digital asset exchange server;

wherein the first block chain modification is automatically correlated with the second block chain modification based on the predicted additional attribute of the first block chain modification.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein automatically correlating the first block chain modification includes:

beginning with the first block chain modification as an outgoing block chain modification, searching for incoming block chain modifications of a same quantity or a quantity within a first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification, and a same date and time or a date and time within a second threshold date and time of the first block chain modification;

based on the search for the incoming block chain modifications of the same quantity or the quantity within the first threshold yielding no results, iteratively expanding one or both of the first threshold and the second threshold to facilitate searching for incoming block chain modifications within the first threshold quantity of the first block chain modification and within the second threshold date and time of the first block chain modification; and

identifying the second block chain modification during the searching facilitated by the iteratively expanding as correlated with the first block chain modification.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein obtaining the second set of block chain modifications comprises:

identifying the second set of block chain modifications as potentially being related to the first user based on metadata associated with block chain modifications within the first set of block chain modifications;

generating a message to the first user indicating that the second set of block chain modifications is potentially related to the first user; and

receiving the second set of block chain modifications from the second digital asset exchange server based on the first user providing credentials to the second digital asset exchange server.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein generating the report includes:

identifying a data allocation procedure to be used based on geographical location;

according to the data allocation procedure, organizing the first set of block chain modifications and the second set of block chain modifications from oldest to newest;

selecting a first outgoing block chain modification of a first quantity that occurred at a first time;

identifying a first incoming block chain modification as a next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification;

based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being smaller than the first outgoing block chain modification, identifying a second incoming block chain modification as the next oldest incoming block chain modification;

determining a quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification; and

based on the quantity of the second incoming block chain modification in combination with the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification being larger than the quantity of the first outgoing block chain modification, generating a group data object including the first outgoing block chain modification, the first incoming block chain modification, and the second incoming block chain modification;

wherein the report includes the group data object.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the first incoming block chain modification is variable in quantity over time and the determining the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification relative to the first outgoing block chain modification is based on the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification at the first time of the first outgoing block chain modification, and the group data object further includes the quantity of the first incoming block chain modification when the first incoming block chain modification was initially received.