A vehicle for use with a blockchain-based transportation system for automated assessment of transportation of goods, the vehicle comprising: a goods storage region configured to carry one or more goods packages, each package having a package tag, the package tag comprising an electronic identification system including a package blockchain defined by package blockchain data comprising a package block, the package block comprising package data including at least a package identifier; a vehicle blockchain defined by vehicle blockchain data comprising a vehicle block, the vehicle block comprising vehicle data including at least a vehicle identifier; and a controller configured to communicate with the electronic identification system of each package to retrieve the package blockchain data and to generate updated blockchain data using the vehicle blockchain data and the retrieved package data of each package; wherein the updated blockchain data is available for assessment of transportation of the goods packages.
Vehicles and transportation systems employing blockchain-based monitoring
2019-03-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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