US 10,255,242 B2Granted

Communications platform for implementing a recognition and reward system

AssigneeRedCritter Corp.

InventorsJames L. Rockett, Robert M. Beaty, David R. Jenness, Randy M. Whelan

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Abstract

A communications platform is provided which can be employed to implement a recognition and reward system that is simple to use, streamlined, and scalable thereby enabling such systems to be seamlessly implemented in many different environments. The communications platform can be implemented in a client-server environment in which a server or servers maintain a number of data structures which can be employed to facilitate the creation and display of a dashboard representing achievements that have been awarded to students, to facilitate the implementation of group competitions, and to facilitate the association of traits with students based on achievements that have been awarded to the students.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A communications platform for enabling the implementation of a recognition and rewards system, the communications platform comprising at least one server having the following components:

one or more databases that define a number of data structures including:
a student/class data structure which stores entries each of which defines a particular class of a plurality of classes to which a particular student of a plurality of students belongs as well as at least one communication address for the particular student;
and
one or more achievement data structures, each achievement data structure storing entries each of which defines an achievement that has been awarded to a particular student of the plurality of students in a particular class of the plurality of classes;
an API processor configured to:
receive communications each of which identifies an award of an achievement to a particular student of the plurality of students in a particular class of the plurality of classes;
and
in response to receiving each communication, create an entry in the one or more achievement data structures to define the award of the achievement that is identified in the communication to the particular student that is identified in the communication in the particular class that is identified in the communication;
and
a dashboard website and web API that are configured to query the one or more achievement data structures to retrieve and display award information pertaining to a particular organization.

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A communications platform for enabling the implementation of a recognition and rewards system, the communications platform comprising at least one server having the following components:

one or more databases that define a number of data structures including:
a classes data structure which stores a first set of entries each of which defines a group competition such that a plurality of group competitions are defined;
a student/class data structure which stores a first set of entries each of which defines a particular group competition of the plurality of group competitions to which a particular student of a plurality of students belongs;
an achievement data structure which stores a first set of entries each of which defines an achievement that has been awarded to a particular student of the plurality of students who belongs to a particular group competition of the plurality of group competitions, the achievement representing a particular group of a plurality of groups within the particular group competition;
and
a webhook data structure which stores entries each of which defines an association between a particular class identifier and a payload URL of a webhook;
a webhook sender process configured to:
detect when an entry has been added to the achievement data structure or one or more other achievement data structures, the entry defining that an achievement has been awarded to a particular student of the plurality of students that is in a particular class of a plurality of classes;
in response to detecting that an entry has been added, employ a class identifier associated with the detected entry to query the webhook data structure for any entry that includes the class identifier;
and
upon identifying an entry in the webhook data structure that includes the class identifier, send a payload that identifies the achievement of the detected entry to the associated payload URL;
and
a group website that is configured to generate a group competition dashboard based on payloads received from the webhook sender process.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/197,519Filed 29 Jun 2016
Published: US 2018/0005538 A14 Jan 2018
Granted: 9 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 16/26
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: visual data mining; Browsing structured data
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
G06F 16/9566
Using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]: uRL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
G06Q 50/20
Services: education