# US 2023/0018985 A1 · System and method for geographically associated or geographically disassociated enticing gift or video drop > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0018985 A1 - Document ID: US20230018985A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/949,634 - Filed: 2022-09-21 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-20 - Assignees: Giftdrop LLC - Applicants: Giftdrop LLC - Inventors: Brian Hardy; Norman Hardy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230018985A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/25841: {involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00)} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - H04N 21/226: {Characteristics of the server or} Internal components of the server - H04N 21/2396: {characterized by admission policies (admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)} - H04N 21/2743: Video hosting of uploaded data from client - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/472: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for managing interactive gift drops in a metaverse, the method comprising: determining, by a gift drop logic section of a computer, whether an avatar is within a first predefined geographic boundary within a metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is not within the first predefined geographic boundary within the metaverse, not making visible a metaverse symbolic gift item within the metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is within the first predefined geographic boundary within the metaverse, making visible the metaverse symbolic gift item within the metaverse; determining, by the gift drop logic section of the computer, whether the avatar is within a second predefined geographic boundary that is contained within the first predefined geographic boundary within the metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is not within the second predefined geographic boundary, not gifting the metaverse symbolic gift item to a user associated with the avatar; and responsive to determining that the avatar is within the second predefined geographic boundary, gifting the metaverse symbolic gift item to the user associated with the avatar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying the user that the metaverse symbolic gift item has been gifted to the user associated with the avatar. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising fixing, by the gift drop logic section of the computer, a location of the metaverse symbolic gift item within the metaverse. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising moving, by the gift drop logic section of the computer, a location of the metaverse symbolic gift item over time within the metaverse. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising hiding, by the gift drop logic section of the computer, a hidden gift within the metaverse. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising initially making the hidden gift not visible to at least one of the avatar or the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising detecting whether the avatar gets within a predefined proximity of the hidden gift within the metaverse. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising in response to detecting that the avatar gets within the predefined proximity of the hidden gift within the metaverse, automatically gifting the hidden gift to the user associated with the avatar. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the hidden gift is a virtual token. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising redeeming the virtual token for at least one of cash or a cash equivalent. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the virtual token is a cryptocurrency. ### Claim 12 A method for managing interactive videos within a metaverse, the method comprising: determining, by a video drop logic section of a computer, whether an avatar is within a first predefined geographic boundary within a metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is not within the first predefined geographic boundary within the metaverse, not making visible a location of a video within the metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is within the first predefined geographic boundary, making visible the location of the video within the metaverse; determining, by the video drop logic section of the computer, whether the avatar is within a second predefined geographic boundary that is contained within the first predefined geographic boundary within the metaverse; responsive to determining that the avatar is not within the second predefined geographic boundary, not showing the video to a user associated with the avatar; and responsive to determining that the smart mobile device is within the second predefined geographic boundary, showing the video to the user associated with the avatar. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising fixing, by the video drop logic section of the computer, the location of the video within the metaverse. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising moving, by the video drop logic section of the computer, the location of the video over time within the metaverse. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising hiding, by the video drop logic section of the computer, a hidden video within the metaverse. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising initially making the hidden video not visible to at least one of the avatar or the user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising detecting whether the avatar gets within a predefined proximity of the hidden video within the metaverse. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising in response to detecting that the avatar gets within the predefined proximity of the hidden video within the metaverse, automatically showing the hidden video to the user associated with the avatar.