ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,599, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method configured to manage internet of things (IOT) devices using digital twins and blockchains" was invented by Johara Abdulrahman Al Jarri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed A Alfraih (Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method manage Internet of Things (IoT) devices using digital twins and blockchains. Each digital twin represents a respective IoT device, and each digital twin is stored in a blockchain. The system communicates with the IoT devices through a network that includes the Internet. The co...