IBM Just Filed A Patent For A Blockchain Database System

One of the biggest industry giants and tech disruptors, IBM, has recently filed a new patent that focuses on certain parts of blockchain technology.

According to one published document, the patent is named “Managing a Database Management System using a Blockchain Database” and fully explains IBM’s intention to build a reliable database tempering detection system (IDT-DS). The system would detect inconsistencies in a set of data stored in a central database which concerns a copy of the same data stored on a blockchain database.

As the patent read:

“Aspects of the disclosure include a method, system, and computer program product for managing a database management system (DBMS). A central database to include a set of central data may be structured with respect to the DBMS. A blockchain database which is linked with the central database may be constructed with respect to the DBMS. A set of blockchain data may be established in the blockchain database corresponding to the set of central data of the central database.”

The system will work in a simple way. In order for it to be accessed, there needs to be an access request to the DBMS. In response to it, both the central database and the blockchain database would be maintained.

First filed in December 2017, this patent got refreshed right now – again proving the mutual interest that IBM has towards blockchain – just like the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which has so far awarded six distributed ledger-related patents in 2018.

With this, IBM has confirmed the giant corporations’ race to patent blockchain – and begun the next big battle among corporations for the upcoming technological revolution which is brought by the blockchain.