US 2019/0378097 A1Published application

Social media platform with recognition tokens

AssigneeGivel Co Pbc

InventorGregory Roberson

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Abstract

In one embodiment, a social media platform allows users to give and receive “recognition tokens” (or other exchanged units of recognition), in addition to mere appreciation indications (e.g., “likes”), such that a first user may only give a recognition token to a second user if the first user has a recognition token to give. Users may give recognition tokens to other users/entities in response to deeming particular activities (e.g., posts, etc.) worthy of receiving more than a mere appreciation indication (e.g., “liking” something) that is unlimited, but instead being worthy of being given a recognition token of which the user has a limited quantity. In addition to receiving recognition tokens from other users, users may also receive recognition tokens based on bonuses, gifts, exchanges, etc. In one illustrative non-limiting use-case embodiment, the social media platform may be based on awarding recognition tokens in response to good deeds, kind acts, etc.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

maintaining, by a computing device, a plurality of token repositories associated with a plurality of social media profiles on a social media platform, the token repositories configured to electronically store an account of recognition tokens allocated to each particular social media profile of the plurality of social media profiles;
receiving, by the computing device, a trigger to transfer a number of recognition tokens from a first token repository associated with a first social media profile to a second token repository associated with a second social media profile;
determining, by the computing device, whether the first token repository contains at least the number of recognition tokens;
in response to the first token repository containing at least the number of recognition tokens, transferring, by the computing device, the number recognition tokens from the first token repository to the second token repository;
and
in response to the first token repository containing less than the number of recognition tokens, denying, by the computing device, the transfer of the number recognition tokens from the first token repository to the second token repository.

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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions executable by a computer to perform a process, comprising:

maintaining a plurality of token repositories associated with a plurality of social media profiles on a social media platform, the token repositories configured to electronically store an account of recognition tokens allocated to each particular social media profile of the plurality of social media profiles;
receiving a trigger to transfer a number of recognition tokens from a first token repository associated with a first social media profile to a second token repository associated with a second social media profile;
determining whether the first token repository contains at least the number of recognition tokens;
in response to the first token repository containing at least the number of recognition tokens, transferring the number recognition tokens from the first token repository to the second token repository;
and
in response to the first token repository containing less than the number of recognition tokens, denying the transfer of the number recognition tokens from the first token repository to the second token repository.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/476,822Filed 9 Jan 2018
Priority: 9 Jan 2017
Published: 12 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services
G06Q 20/0658
Using e-cash: e-cash managed locally
G06Q 20/3672
Involving electronic purses or money safes: initialising or reloading thereof
G06Q 30/0207
Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising: discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates

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Application62/443,869Us provisional application · filed 9 Jan 2017
US 2019/0378097 A1This patent

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