Patent Application
20220005084
The present invention broadly relates to the use of blockchain for tracing purposes and more particularly relates to a blockchain for agriculture and still more particularly to a blockchain traceable nutrition station.
The present invention provides in a first aspect a blockchain traceable nutrition station, such as but not limited to a vending machine. In a preferred embodiment all products sold within the nutrition station are carbon neutral or use green energy during their production, processing and/or product manufacturing. The product origin and characteristics such as organic non-GMO are recorded in the product provenance on the blockchain.
In an embodiment, all products are blockchain tracked and traced from their source to the nutrition station machine in which they are sold with a unique identifier viewable on the nutrition station machine or through a mobile application viewable on a purchaser's smart device.
In an embodiment, the nutrition station machine may use stable coin direct from a digital wallet to complete the food purchase transaction.
In an embodiment the machine may be operable to create aggregate data sets.
The consumables which are stocked in the nutrition station machine may be offered in any desired food type category, such as gluten free, dairy free and/or nut free, non-GMO, and organic for example.
Additional objects, advantages and novel aspects of the present invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and will in part become apparent to those in the practice of the invention, when considered with the attached figure.
The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of this invention, and the manner of attaining them, will become apparent and be better understood by reference to the following description of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:
Consumables 13 stocked in machine 10 may be offered in any desired food type category, such as allergen free (e.g., gluten, dairy, peanut and/or tree nut), non-GMO (non-genetically modified) and/or chemical free (e.g., pesticides, hormones, etc.), for example. As will be described in greater detail below with regard to
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A non-exhaustive list 38 of farm and field data 32 may include relevant growing conditions of the consumable (e.g., average daily temperature, crop watering data, etc.), any chemicals used prior to and/or during the growing season and harvest data, such as date of harvest, method of harvest, laborers used during harvest, etc.
A non-exhaustive list 40 of warehouse and processing data 34 may include where, how long and what were the environmental storage conditions of the farm produce prior to processing (if any), as well as any processing of the farm produce, such as where and how the produce was processed and including exemplary information such as whether processing used shared equipment or shared space with common allergen contamination sources, such as gluten, peanuts and tree nuts.
A non-exhaustive list 42 of manufacturing and distribution data 36 may include manufacturer data, such as manufacturer identity, location, as well as a list of ingredients used in the final, manufactured consumable product. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, each individual ingredient used in a final product will have its own blockchain data 32, 34, and 36. Further information may include distributor data, such as name, how the product was transported and when the product was distributed to the vendor.
As farm and field data 32, warehouse and processing data 34 and manufacturing and distribution data 36 are generated, smart contracts 44 are executed and the data is processed. The data is then hashed and saved to blockchain 46. Each consumable 13 may then be assigned a unique QR code which correlates to the blockchain. Consumable 13 and its QR code may then be loaded into machine 10 for vending. As discussed above, a potential consumer can scan the consumable 13 QR code which will then retrieve and display the blockchain data for that particular consumable 13, including farm and field data 32, warehouse and processing data 34 and manufacturing and distribution data 36 for each constituent within consumable 13. As a result, consumer 12 may make a fully informed decision regarding the purchase and consumption of any consumable 13.
While the apparatus, methods and systems have been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims which follow.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63039700 | Jun 2020 | US |
