Computer network and device for leveraging reliability and trust/social proof
AssigneeADACTA Investments Ltd.
InventorTomaz VOLK
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Abstract
Computer, device or peer network, device and method for providing a reliable service. The reliability or trust is leveraged by a guarantee of some other endorsing node/peer, which can be used as a compensation if service and/or replacement service from node/peer is not provided in required quality. Network consists of providing devices/peers, which have a respective trust level and offer a service, and a receiving devices/peers, which demand this service and adapt the demand based on the trust level of the providing device/peer and at least one endorsing device/peer influencing the trust level of the providing device/peer.
Claims19
Computer Device/Peer network, comprising:
- a providing device/peer, which has a trust level and is offering a service;
- a receiving device/peer, which demands this service and adapts its demand based on the trust level of the providing device/peer;
- and
- at least one endorsing device/peer, influencing the trust level of the providing device/peer.
Method for providing a reliable service within a computer/device/peer network, comprising:
- offering a service by a providing device or peer, which has a trust level;
- requesting this service by a receiving device or peer, which adapts its demand based on the trust level of the providing device;
- and
- adapting the trust level of the providing device by an endorsing device or peer.
Method for providing computation power within a computer/device network, comprising:
- offering computation power by a providing device, which has a trust level;
- requesting computation power by a receiving device which adapts its demand based on the trust level of the providing device;
- and
- adapting the trust level of the providing device by at least an endorsing/device.
Method for running a social proof computer network or device, comprising:
- offering a deal or transaction by a personal mobile providing device, belonging to a person or peer, who has a trust level;
- requesting the deal or transaction by a receiving device of a counterpart, which adapts its demand based on the trust level of the person/peer to whom the personal mobile providing device belongs;
- and
- adapting the trust level of the providing device by at least one endorsing device.
Method for running a social proof computer network or device, comprising:
- Using, by a first person/peer, a first personal mobile phone sized device, interconnected with other devices, to exchange data to check a second person's/peer's trust level;
- checking the first person's trust level, by a counterpart device of the second person/peer, when the first person/peer gives a promise or agrees to a transaction, to enable the second person/peer to decide whether to do the transaction or not or to change conditions/demands related to the transaction and make an amended offer;
- endorsing performance of the promise or transaction by at least one third person/peer associated with a third personal device;
- fulfilling the promise or act according to transaction rules by the at least one third person/peer if the first person/peer breaks the promise or does not behave according to one or more transaction rules;
- wherein the at least one third person/peer receives at least one benefit for being exposed to the possibility of having to fulfill the promise or act according to the transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.