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US 9,519,690 B1Granted
System and method of aggregating networked social content and facilitating uncapped engagement in a networked virtual environment
AssigneeEscapeX Limited
InventorSephi Joseph Shapira
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for aggregating networked content, and allowing user to obtain an unlimited number of engagements relating to networked content. The system may publish a ranking of users based on the number of engagements obtained by the users. Such ranking may facilitate highlighting or otherwise setting apart those users who have obtained more engagements relating to content, thereby allowing a user or user's content to be noticed by others, even among a vast number of networked content that is available.
Claims16
A system for aggregating content and facilitating uncapped engagement of the content, the system comprising:
- a user device comprising one or more physical processors programmed by computer program instructions to:
- obtain a networked content item authored by a first user;
- provide a user interface that includes the networked content item and a display option to obtain one or more engagements relating to the networked content item;
- permit an uncapped number of engagements with the networked content item that is obtainable by the user, wherein the first number is greater than one
- receive, via the display option, from a user associated with the user device, an indication to obtain a plurality of engagements relating to the networked content item, wherein the user is different from the first user;
- determine a total amount of resources required to obtain the plurality of engagements;
- debit the total amount from a user account balance associated with the user, wherein the user account balance indicates a number of resources available to the user;
- cause the plurality of engagements to be provided in exchange for the debit;
- obtain a first number of engagements with the networked content item obtained by the user based on the plurality of engagements;
- obtain a second number of engagements with the networked content item obtained by at least one other user also different from the first user;
- generate a rank for the user with respect to the at least one other user based on the first number and the second number;
- determine that the rank meets or exceeds a threshold rank value;
- and
- provide, in the user interface, an indication of the rank along with an identification of the user, the networked content item and the display option responsive to the determination that the rank meets or exceeds the threshold rank value, wherein the system further comprises:
- a computer system remote from and coupled to the user device via a network, wherein the computer system comprises one or more second processors programmed by second computer program instructions to:
- obtain an indication to collaboratively obtain the plurality of engagements together with at least a second user, wherein the rank is based on a total number of collaborative engagements of first user and the second user.
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A system for aggregating content and facilitating uncapped engagement of the content, the system comprising:
- a computer system comprising one or more physical processors programmed by computer program instructions to:
- obtain a networked content item authored by a first user;
- provide, via a network, the networked content item to a remote user device associated with a user;
- receive, from the user device, an indication to obtain at least one engagement relating to the networked content item, wherein the user is different from the first user;
- determine an amount of resources required to obtain the at least one engagement;
- obtain a request from at least a second user to donate an amount of resources from a second user account balance associated with the second user to a user account balance associated with the user;
- increment the user account balance based on the request from the second user to donate the amount of resources;
- debit the amount of resources from the user account balance, wherein the user account balance stores an amount of resources available to the user;
- store, in a database accessible to the computer system, an association between the at least one engagement and the user;
- provide, via the network, to the user device, an indication of the at least one engagement;
- obtain, from the database, a number of engagements with the networked content item from at least one other user different from the first user;
- and
- provide, via the network, to the user device, an indication of the number of engagements with the networked content item from at least one other user.
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A system for aggregating content and facilitating uncapped engagement of the content, the system comprising:
- a computer system comprising one or more physical processors programmed by computer program instructions to:
- obtain a networked content item authored by a first user;
- provide, via a network, the networked content item to a remote user device associated with a user;
- receive, from the remote user device, an indication to obtain at least one engagement relating to the networked content item together with at least a second user, wherein the user is different from the first user;
- determine an amount of resources required to obtain the at least one engagement;
- debit the amount of resources from a user account balance associated with the user and/or from a second user account balance associated with the second user, wherein the user account balance stores an amount of resources available to the user;
- store, in a database accessible to the computer system, an association between the at least one engagement and the user;
- provide, via the network, to the user device, an indication of the at least one engagement;
- obtain, from the database, a number of engagements with the networked content item from at least one other user different from the first user;
- and
- provide, via the network, to the user device, an indication of the number of engagements with the networked content item from at least one other user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.