Method and system for service enablement

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for distributing funds over a computer network using an instant messaging application, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a server from a user of a first client device, a request to distribute a fund among a predetermined set of users;
• generating, by the server, a set of virtual envelopes based on the received request, wherein a respective virtual envelope corresponds to a portion of the to-be-distributed fund;
• obtaining at least one challenge associated with the generated set of virtual envelopes and a predetermined response corresponding to the challenge;
• presenting the challenge on a user interface of the instant messaging application associated with a set of client devices corresponding to the predetermined set of users;
• receiving, by the server via the user interface of the instant messaging application, responses to the challenge from multiple client devices of the set of client devices;
• based on a time sequence of the received responses, consecutively determining, by the server, whether the received responses meet at least one or more of predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria include a string length of the received response exceeding a predetermined value;
• in response to a response to the challenge received from a second client device meeting at least one of the predetermined criteria and a count of remaining virtual envelopes of the generated set of virtual envelopes being greater than zero, distributing, by the server, a virtual envelope from the generated set of virtual envelopes to a user of the second client device over the computer network;
• and
• decreasing the count of the remaining virtual envelopes by one;
• wherein the challenge comprises multiple stages, and wherein the method further comprises:
• in response to receiving, from the user of the second client device, a response to a first stage of the challenge, determining whether the response to the first stage of the challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria;
• in response to determining that the response to the first stage of challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria, presenting to the user of the second client device a second stage of the challenge;
• and
• in response to determining that a response received from the user of the second client device to the second stage of the challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria, distributing the virtual envelope from the generated set of virtual envelopes to the user of the second client device.

A computer system for enabling a service over a computer network, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device coupled to the processor and storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method for distributing funds over a computer network using an instant messaging application, the method comprising:
• receiving, by a server from a user of a first client device, a request to distribute a fund among a predetermined set of users;
• generating, by the server, a set of virtual envelopes based on the received request, wherein a respective virtual envelope among the generated set of virtual envelopes comprises a portion of the to-be-distributed fund;
• obtaining at least one challenge associated with the generated set of virtual envelopes and a predetermined response corresponding to the challenge;
• presenting the challenge on a user interface of the instant messaging application associated with a set of client devices corresponding to the predetermined set of users;
• receiving, by the server via the user interface of the instant messaging application, responses to the challenge from multiple client devices of the set of client devices;
• based on a time sequence of the received responses, consecutively determining, by the server, whether the received responses meet at least one or more of predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria include a string length of the received response exceeding a predetermined value;
• in response to a response to the challenge received from a second client device meeting at least one of the predetermined criteria and a count of remaining virtual envelopes of the generated set of virtual envelopes being greater than zero, distributing a virtual envelope from the generated set of virtual envelopes to a user of the second client device over the computer network;
• and
• decreasing the count of the remaining virtual envelopes by one;
• wherein the challenge comprises multiple stages, and wherein the method further comprises:
• in response to receiving, from the user of the second client device, a response to a first stage of the challenge, determining whether the response to the first stage of the challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria;
• in response to determining that the response to the first stage of challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria, presenting to the user of the second client device a second stage of the challenge;
• and
• in response to determining that a response received from the user of the second client device to the second stage of the challenge meets at least one of the predetermined criteria, distributing the virtual envelope from the generated set of virtual envelopes to the user of the second client device.