U.S. retail giant Walmart has applied for an additional patent, which describes the management of blockchain technology oriented smart appliances, as per the application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office August 2.

The application outlines strategies and systems for managing a smart appliances like a server laptop or desktop, a work surface device, a kiosk, or additional portable computing devices, like a wearable or gaming devices, laptop computers, or portable media players.

From a practical point of view, users will employ a device, regardless of whether it is wearable or not, that keeps up the private key used to approve a transaction.

The management environment will reportedly enable users to customize levels of control and access for the kiosk, including the ability to decline or accept a package or create and order an item.

Keeping in mind the end goal to manage a lot of smart appliances, the blockchain server network considers support of an internet of Things (IoT) system. “A resource within the IoT system can also be associated with a single or multiple roles and, thus, is associated with one role within the context of a single corresponding transaction,” the patent says.

The patent likewise proposes developing a smart home environment, where the represented appliance management system could also be utilized in a large range of environments, like home, media, producing, energy, healthcare, and plenty of others.

Walmart is known for its proactive position towards adoption of blockchain technology. In recent months, the retail corporation has applied for a numerous of blockchain-oriented systems, for instance, “secure” delivery management system.

Other Walmart filings incorporate a “Smart Package” framework to trace package contents, location, alternative details and  environmental conditions, and an electrical network that will be fueled by Bitcoin or alternative digital currencies. Walmart has effectively pursued numerous strategies of blockchain applications for their client marketplace, food supply chain, medical sector  and energy consumption management system.

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