US 12,487,228 B1Granted

System and method for evaluating the ethical sourcing of stones

OwnerJulie Abouzelofinventor

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Abstract

A stone sourcing platform for operating an evaluation of the ethical probability of sourcing a stone in a country of interest. The platform includes one or more databases that store various categorized information about the stone and the country of mining or polishing of the stone. Some of the information stored includes but is not limited to the physical properties of the stone and the environmental impact, societal, and worker impact the sourcing of a particular stone has on a country mining or polishing the stone. The system may also include a plurality of subsystems programmed to assign values to the categories attributed to the stones and countries. Once the system receives input from a user that a stone of interest and the country mining the stone has been selected, the system may display at least one visual medium illustrating an ethical probability score based on the user's selection.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A stone sourcing system, comprising:

a stone sourcing platform stored on one or more computer-readable storage media executed by one or more processors in electrical communication with one or more databases and one or more subsystems, allowing the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user using an electronic device, a request to gain access to the stone sourcing platform;
storing, at the databases, information about one or more stones, the information comprising,
one or more physical properties of each stone of the one or more stones, and
one or more values to one or more categories assigned to each stone of the one or more stones, wherein each value assigned to a category of the one or more categories is based on the physical properties of the stone;
storing automatically, at the databases, information about one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, the information comprising,
one or more classes that include a rating score, the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones,
assigned values to one or more categories assigned to each country of the one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, wherein each category of the categories is based on a predefined combination of the rating score of the classes for the countries;
assigning automatically, through at least one subsystem, the value to the categories assigned to each stone of the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of least one subsystem, the rating score to the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, the value to the one or more categories assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
receiving, from the user using the electronic device, one or more inputs that include a stone selection and a country of mining or polishing selection;
and
displaying automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, at least one visual medium illustrating an ethical probability score based on the stone selection and the country of mining or polishing selection by the user.

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A stone sourcing system, comprising:

a stone sourcing platform stored on one or more computer-readable storage media executed by one or more processors in electrical communication with one or more databases and one or more subsystems, allowing the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user using an electronic device, a request to gain access to the stone sourcing platform;
storing, at the databases, information about one or more stones, the information comprising,
one or more physical properties of each stone of the one or more stones, and
one or more values to one or more categories assigned to each stone of the one or more stones, wherein each value assigned to a category of the one or more categories is based on the physical properties of the stone;
storing automatically, at the databases, information about one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, the information comprising,
one or more classes that include a rating score, the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones,
assigned values to one or more categories assigned to each country of the one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, wherein each category of the categories is based on a predefined combination of the rating score of the classes for the countries;
assigning automatically, through at least one subsystem, the value to the categories assigned to each stone of the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of least one subsystem, the rating score to the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, the value to the one or more categories assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
receiving, from the user using the electronic device, one or more inputs that include a stone selection and a country of mining or polishing selection;
and
displaying automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, at least one visual medium illustrating an ethical probability score based on the stone selection and the country of mining or polishing selection by the user,
wherein the visual medium includes at least one icon on a square chart that includes one or more stylized colored blocks, with each stylized block representing an ethical probability value, and the icon is shown on a singular block illustrating visually the ethical probability score of the stone selected by the user.

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A stone sourcing system, comprising:

a stone sourcing platform stored on one or more computer-readable storage media executed by one or more processors in electrical communication with one or more databases and one or more subsystems, allowing the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user using an electronic device, a request to gain access to the stone sourcing platform;
storing, at the databases, information about one or more stones, the information comprising,
one or more physical properties of each stone of the one or more stones, and
one or more values to one or more categories assigned to each stone of the one or more stones, wherein each value assigned to a category of the one or more categories is based on the physical properties of the stone;
storing automatically, at the databases, information about one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, the information comprising,
one or more classes that include a rating score, the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones,
assigned values to one or more categories assigned to each country of the one or more countries mining or polishing the stones, wherein each category of the categories is based on a predefined combination of the rating score of the classes for the countries;
assigning automatically, through at least one subsystem, the value to the categories assigned to each stone of the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of least one subsystem, the rating score to the one or more classes assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
assigning automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, the value to the one or more categories assigned to each country of the countries mining or polishing the stones;
receiving, from the user using the electronic device, one or more inputs that include a stone selection and a country of mining or polishing selection;
displaying automatically, through operation of at least one subsystem, at least one visual medium illustrating an ethical probability score based on the stone selection and the country of mining or polishing selection by the user,
wherein the visual medium illustrates at least one icon on a chart that includes one or more stylized members, with each stylized member representing an ethical probability value, and the icon is shown on a singular member illustrating visually the ethical probability score of the stone selected by the user;
and
a rider containing informational material about the selected stone in the selected country,
wherein the rider affects the ethical probability score by increasing or decreasing the ethical probability score.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/136,933Filed 20 Apr 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 20 Apr 2022
Granted: 2 Dec 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G01N 33/389
Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00: precious stones; Pearls
G06F 16/906
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: clustering; Classification
G01N
Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
G06F
Computing and data processing