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US 10,706,458 B2Granted
Give-and-take platform
AssigneeYoger, Inc.
InventorShou-Lung Lin
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Abstract
An on-line give-and-take platform is provided. The platform presents one or more giveaway items to a plurality of user accounts of a give-and-take platform. Each giveaway item is posted by a user account. At least two of the giveaway items have different market values. Any user account is allowed to acquire any one of the presented giveaway items by spending one unit credit. The platform receives a notification of a first user account indicating intent to acquire a particular giveaway item that is posted by a second user account. The platform accrues one unit credit to the second user account and removing one unit credit from the first user account.
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A method comprising:
- presenting one or more giveaway items to a plurality of user accounts of a give-and-take platform, each giveaway item posted by a user account, wherein at least two of the giveaway items have different market values, wherein any user account is allowed to acquire any one of the presented giveaway items by spending one and only one unit credit;
- receiving a notification of a first user account indicating an intent to spend one unit credit to acquire a particular giveaway item that is posted by a second user account;
- and
- accruing one unit credit to the second user account and removing one unit credit from the first user account,
- wherein the one unit credit spent by the first user account is one of a plurality of unit credits possessed by the first user account, wherein at least two unit credits possessed by the first user account are displayed at a first display device using different graphics to express different meanings,
- wherein the one unit credit accrued to the second user account is one of a plurality of unit credits possessed by the second user account, wherein at least two unit credits possessed by the second user account are displayed at a second display device using different graphics to express different meanings.
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A method comprising:
- providing a software application to a computing device, the software application when executed by one or more processing units of the computing device configures the computing device to provide a user interface (UI) to a first user account of a plurality of user account of a give-and-take platform, the UI comprising:
- a first display area for presenting a set of giveaway items, each giveaway item posted by a user account of the platform, wherein at least two of the giveaway items have different market values, wherein the first user account is allowed to acquire any one of the presented giveaway items by spending one and only one unit credit;
- a first selection item for selecting one giveaway item in the set of giveaway items;
- and
- a second display area for displaying one or more unit credits that is available to the first user account, wherein the first user account earns each unit credit by posting a giveaway item at the give-and-take platform,
- wherein at least two unit credits possessed by the first user account are displayed at the second display area using different graphics to express different meanings.
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A computing device comprising:
- a network interface;
- a set of one or more processing units;
- and
- a storage device storing a set of instructions, wherein an execution of the set of instructions by the set of processing units configures the computing device to perform acts comprising:
- presenting one or more giveaway items to a plurality of user accounts of a give-and-take platform, each giveaway item posted by a user account, wherein at least two of the giveaway items have different market values, wherein any user account is allowed to acquire any one of the presented giveaway items by spending one and only one unit credit;
- receiving a notification of a first user account indicating an intent to spend one unit credit to acquire a particular giveaway item that is posted by a second user account;
- and
- accruing one unit credit to the second user account and removing one unit credit from the first user account;
- wherein the one unit credit spent by the first user account is one of a plurality of unit credits possessed by the first user account, wherein at least two unit credits possessed by the first user account are displayed at a first display device using different graphics to express different meanings,
- wherein the one unit credit accrued to the second user account is one of a plurality of unit credits possessed by the second user account, wherein at least two unit credits possessed by the second user account are displayed at a second display device using different graphics to express different meanings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.