US 2018/0121944 A1Published application

User data currency normalization

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorRobyn R. Schwartz

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Abstract

An approach is provided for determining a value of data. After determining that a user's computing device is performing an action which generates data specifying the user's associated content, preferences, traits, behavior, or location, and that the data is of interest to entity(ies), the value of the data is assessed and normalized. The entity(ies) are determined to be offering reward(s) for sharing the data. The reward(s) are determined to have monetary value(s) that each equals or exceeds the normalized value. The normalized value and the reward(s) are displayed. A selection of one of the displayed reward(s) is received. The selected reward is offered by one of the entity(ies). The data is shared with a computing device of the entity that offered the reward and if a reward was selected, the reward is sent to the computing device of the user.

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Dependent claims

A method of determining a value of data, the method comprising the steps of:

a computer determining that (i) a computing device of a user is performing an action included in a predefined plurality of actions, (ii) in response to a completion of the action, the action generates the data which specifies content authored at least in part by the user or which specifies a preference, a trait, a behavior, or a location of the user, and (iii) the data is in a category of data for which one or more computing devices of one or more entities have sent an indication of interest;
the computer automatically assessing the value of the data;
the computer normalizing the value of the data;
the computer determining that the one or more entities are offering one or more rewards to the user for a sharing of the data;
the computer determining that the one or more rewards have respective one or more monetary values that each equal or exceed the normalized value of the data;
based on the one or more rewards having the one or more monetary values that each equal or exceed the normalized value of the data, the computer initiating a display of the normalized value of the data and the one or more rewards;
the computer receiving a selection of a reward included in the displayed one or more rewards, the selection being received from the computing device of the user, and the selected reward being offered by an entity included in the one or more entities;
and
based on the selection of the reward having been received, the computer sharing the data with a computing device of the entity that offered the reward and if the reward was selected, sending the reward to the computing device of the user or another computing device of the user.

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A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable, storage device;
and
a computer-readable program code stored in the computer-readable, storage device, the computer-readable program code containing instructions that are executed by a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system to implement a method of determining a value of data, the method comprising the steps of:
the computer system determining that (i) a computing device of a user is performing an action included in a predefined plurality of actions, (ii) in response to a completion of the action, the action generates the data which specifies content authored at least in part by the user or which specifies, a preference, a trait, a behavior, or a location of the user, and (iii) the data is in a category of data for which one or more computing devices of one or more entities have sent an indication of interest;
the computer system automatically assessing the value of the data;
the computer system normalizing the value of the data;
the computer system determining that the one or more entities are offering one or more rewards to the user for a sharing of the data;
the computer system determining that the one or more rewards have respective one or more monetary values that each equal or exceed the normalized value of the data;
based on the one or more rewards having the one or more monetary values that each equal or exceed the normalized value of the data, the computer system initiating a display of the normalized value of the data and the one or more rewards;
the computer system receiving a selection of a reward included in the displayed one or more rewards, the selection being received from the computing device of the user, and the selected reward being offered by an entity included in the one or more entities;
and
based on the selection of the reward having been received, the computer system sharing the data with a computing device of the entity that offered the reward and if the reward was selected, sending the reward to the computing device of the user or another computing device of the user.

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A computer system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);
a memory coupled to the CPU;
and
a computer readable storage device coupled to the CPU, the computer readable storage device containing instructions that are executed by the CPU via the memory to implement a method of determining a value of data, the method comprising the steps of:
the computer system determining that (i) a computing device of a user is performing an action included in a predefined plurality of actions, (ii) in response to a completion of the action, the action generates the data which specifies content authored at least in part by the user or which specifies, a preference, a trait, a behavior, or a location of the user, and (iii) the data is in a category of data for which one or more computing devices of one or more entities have sent an indication of interest;
the computer system automatically assessing the value of the data;
the computer system normalizing the value of the data;
the computer system determining that the one or more entities are offering one or more rewards to the user for a sharing of the data;
the computer system determining that the one or more rewards have respective one or more monetary values that each equals or exceeds the normalized value of the data;
based on the one or more rewards having the one or more monetary values that each equals or exceeds the normalized value of the data, the computer system initiating a display of the normalized value of the data and the one or more rewards;
the computer system receiving a selection of a reward included, respectively, in the displayed one or more rewards, the selection being received from the computing device of the user, and the selected reward being offered by an entity included in the one or more entities;
and
based on the selection of the reward having been received, the computer system sharing the data with a computing device of the entity that offered the reward and if the reward was selected, sending the reward to the computing device of the user or another computing device of the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.