Universal Asset-Centric Operating System
A patented authorization framework where assets (not users) are the central entity for permission decisions
Patents Filed
Provisional Patent Applications Filed: November 14-15, 2025
Inventors: C. Marques, D. Scott
This disclosure presents a Universal Asset-Centric Operating System (UACOS) that applies principles of biological emergence to digital marketplace architecture. Deviating from traditional, rigid Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) systems, this architecture posits that complex sales ecosystems—whether for real estate, automotive, or fine art—are formed through the interaction of simple, fundamental components. The system establishes a canonical Asset Root Model as the digital "DNA," serving as the atomic unit of the ecosystem.
Complexity and function arise not from hard-coded roles, but through a Dynamic Relationship Graph acting as the system's "enzymes." When an Actor interacts with an Asset via a typed Relationship (e.g., owns, inspects, represents), the system's Permission Kernel processes this combination to generate context-aware capabilities, analogous to the synthesis of proteins. This interaction creates emergent security that is flexible rather than rigid, governed by a verifiable Event Ledger that provides historical structure.
The architecture utilizes a domain-agnostic algorithmic engine that ingests a Domain Specification (defining unique assets, roles, and workflows) and maps it to the universal core. By binding domain-specific logic to the fundamental Asset/Relationship structure, the system allows for the rapid instantiation of vertical-specific operating systems. This approach achieves scalability ("proportion") and extensibility ("beauty"), enabling a single codebase to expand into new domains simply by introducing new rule strands, thereby deriving robust, secure, and tailored digital environments from a foundation of simple, powerful rules.
"Has nature already solved this problem?"
This single question sparked a revolutionary approach to digital authorization —
one that would fundamentally reshape how we think about permissions, access control, and multi-actor workflows.
Every marketplace transaction follows the same pattern:
Someone(ACTOR)selling → ASSET → Someone(ACTOR)buying
Traditional user-centric systems create hundreds of roles, struggle with temporary permissions, and can't handle lifecycle-dependent access.
Looking to nature, cellular biology has solved this exact problem for 3 billion years:
DNA = Asset
The canonical blueprint containing all information
Enzyme = Relationship
Context-dependent key that unlocks specific functions
Protein = Permission
Functional output enabling specific actions
Chromosome = Event Ledger
Protected, immutable record of all history
Recognition that every marketplace transaction centers around an asset, not users. The "aha moment" asking: "Has nature already solved this?"
Discovery of DNA-enzyme-protein parallel. Realization that biological systems had solved authorization at massive scale for billions of years.
Development of 9-dimensional permission kernel. Creation of asset-centric data model with relationship graphs. Design of lifecycle-aware permission computation.
Built PostgreSQL schema with 47+ tables. Created demo data spanning real estate, automotive, fine art, and jewelry domains. Proved multi-domain applicability.
Created interactive HTML dashboards showing relationship graphs, permission matrices, and real-time computation. Demonstrated all 9 dimensions working together.
Filed three provisional patent applications covering core authorization system, fingerprint engine, and event chain ledger.
Someone selling → ASSET → Someone buying
+ Network of service providers
This pattern appears in every marketplace, regardless of industry. The asset is always at the center, with multiple actors creating temporary relationships as they perform specific services or take specific actions.
Systems create hundreds of role variants (Photography_Admin, Photography_Manager, Photography_Viewer...). Impossible to manage and audit.
Modern workflows involve multiple parties with dynamic, context-dependent relationships that static roles cannot model.
Existing systems don't understand that assets transition through states where permissions should automatically change.
Cannot elegantly model temporary elevated permissions during service execution (photographer needs upload access only during active orders).
Authorization logic tightly coupled to specific applications, requiring complete rewrites when expanding to new domains.
Cannot explain why a permission was granted or denied. No tamper-evident history of permission changes.
The canonical blueprint
The unlocking mechanism
The functional output
The protected record
Traditional systems evaluate 1-2 factors (role, maybe resource). UACOS evaluates nine dimensions simultaneously, analogous to how gene expression in cells is regulated by multiple transcription factors, environmental signals, and temporal developmental stages.
What general category does the actor belong to? (owner, agent, photographer, inspector...)
What specific relationship exists? (Mike → lists → property_123)
Does actor have relevant relationship to someone with asset relationship? (agent represents owner)
Is there an active service order granting temporary elevation? (photographer uploads only during active order)
What state is asset in? (draft → only owner/agent edit; listed → public can view)
What industry-specific constraints apply? (MLS compliance, HIPAA rules, export regulations)
Is request within valid time windows? (relationship start/end, business hours, expiration)
Explicit permission grants/denials on relationship? (can edit listing BUT NOT delete)
Contextual attributes? (location-based, device-based, authentication level)
Property Details
3 bed, 2 bath, 1,850 sqft
San Francisco, CA 94102
Listed: $1,250,000
Current State
LISTED
Active for sale
MLS #: SF-12345
System Info
Asset ID: prop-67890
Domain: Real Estate
Fingerprint: abc123...
ASSET: 123 Main St
(prop-67890 | LISTED)
│
┌───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┐
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐
│ Sarah │ │ Mike │ │ David │
│ Chen │ │ Johnson │ │ Smith │
│ (Owner) │ │ (Agent) │ │ (Buyer) │
└────┬────┘ └────┬────┘ └────┬────┘
│ │ │
relationship: relationship: relationship:
"owns" "lists" "interested_in"
(represents Sarah)
│ │ │
└──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│ Julia │ │ Tom │ │AmeriLend │
│Martinez │ │ Baker │ │ (Lender) │
│(Photog.)│ │(Inspec.)│ └──────────┘
└─────────┘ └─────────┘
│ │
service order: service order:
"photography" "inspection"
STATUS: active STATUS: scheduled
Dimension 1 (Role): Agent → base editing permissions
Dimension 2 (Relationship): Mike → lists → property_123
Dimension 3 (Actor Chain): Mike represents Sarah (owner)
Dimension 4 (Service): N/A
Dimension 5 (Lifecycle): LISTED state allows editing
Dimension 6 (Domain): MLS rules: OK
Dimension 7 (Temporal): Relationship active
Dimension 8 (Scope): No exclusions
Dimension 9 (Context): Within office hours
Result: GRANT (edit_listing)
Dimension 1 (Role): Photographer → no base permissions
Dimension 2 (Relationship): Julia → photographs → property_123
Dimension 3 (Actor Chain): N/A
Dimension 4 (Service): Order STATUS: assigned (not "active")
Dimension 5 (Lifecycle): LISTED
Dimension 6 (Domain): OK
Dimension 7 (Temporal): OK
Dimension 8 (Scope): Permission granted only during active orders
Dimension 9 (Context): OK
Result: DENY (service order not active)
PostgreSQL schema with 47+ tables successfully deployed and tested
$ psql -d uacos_dev
uacos_dev=# \dt
✓ 47 tables created
✓ Demo data loaded
✓ Queries verified
Interactive HTML dashboards demonstrating all system components
Comprehensive provisional applications filed with ongoing portfolio expansion
Permission Computation Time
<50ms
With caching enabled
Cache Hit Rate
>95%
15-minute TTL with auto-invalidation
Stale Permissions
<10%
vs. 60-80% in traditional systems
Property transactions with automatic permission management
Vehicle sales with service provider coordination
Artwork provenance with multi-stakeholder access
Diamond certification with GIA integration
Patient records with HIPAA-compliant access
Inventory with multi-party collaboration
Handles unlimited actors and complex multi-party workflows without role proliferation
Automatic permission revocation, lifecycle-aware access, complete audit trails
Same architecture works across any asset-centric domain without modification
In the quiet hum of a thousand failing systems,
a single question rose like dawn over code:
"Has nature already solved this?"
And there, in the spiral dance of life itself —
DNA holding the blueprint of all things,
enzymes arriving like keys in the dark,
proteins unfolding as function, as fate —
was the answer.
For three billion years, biology has orchestrated
a symphony of access with perfect precision.
Then came the inversion —
not "What can this user do?"
but
"What does this asset allow?"
Asset = DNA — the immutable core
Relationship = Enzyme — the transient key
Permission = Protein — the emergent act
And in that mapping, a new operating system was born —
not built from policy, but grown from pattern.
This is not mimicry.
This is translation.
From the cell's silent logic — to the ledger's quiet truth —
UACOS is the first system to remember how life grants access.
Four provisional patent applications protecting the core UACOS technology stack — filed November 2025
Application #63/918,050
Filed: November 14, 2025
9-dimensional permission kernel with lifecycle-aware computation and multi-actor relationship chains
Application #63/918,112
Filed: November 14, 2025
Cryptographic asset fingerprinting with domain-agnostic canonicalization and blockchain anchoring
Application #63/918,242
Filed: November 15, 2025
Immutable audit trail with automatic permission revocation and lifecycle-triggered recomputation
Application #63/918,349
Filed: November 15, 2025
Pluggable versioned domain rule packs with hot-swap deployment for industry-specific authorization
Exhaustive searches across Zanzibar, ABAC, ReBAC, blockchain, IoT, industrial auth, W3C DID/VC returned zero matches for:
Independent Invention
Biomimetic foundation positions UACOS as fundamentally new approach
Working Implementation
Proven database schema, visual demos, and performance metrics
Multi-Domain Validation
Real estate, automotive, art, jewelry, healthcare examples
Focused Protection
4-patent portfolio protects core UACOS technology stack
UACOS represents a fundamentally new computational paradigm for authorization
The first system to translate biological access control patterns into digital authorization architecture