MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611024997 A) filed by R. D. Engineering College; Ramendra Singh; Hemant Kumar Bhardwaj; and Vishal Upmanu, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on March 3, for 'enhancing the reputation system in ridesharing: a blockchain-based mutual escrow and cool-off period approach.'
Inventor(s) include R. D. Engineering College; Ramendra Singh; Hemant Kumar Bhardwaj; and Vishal Upmanu.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a blockchain-based reputation management system for ride sharing platforms. The system introduces a mutual escrow mechanism, a bidirectional dynamic rating model, and a cooldown period for feedback submission to reduce rating manipulation and biased evaluations. Reputation scores are dynamically adjusted based on historical rating consistency, while delayed rating submission mitigates impulsive or retaliatory feedback. The system records reputation transactions on a distributed ledger to ensure transparency and immutability. The proposed approach addresses challenges associated with fake ratings, unfair feedback, and reputation attacks in decentralized ride-sharing environments."
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