Techniques for transferring digital tokens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11334876-B2
Application number	US-202117363695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2021
Priority date	Nov 2, 2018
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

In embodiments of the disclosure a method is disclosed for exchanging digital tokens from a message-based application is disclosed. The method includes displaying, by a digital wallet GUI, an inventory of tokens that are owned by a user. Each token is linked to a virtual representation of an item and redeemable for an instance of the item. The method also includes receiving an instruction to transfer a digital token from the inventory of tokens to a recipient and displaying a keyboard that includes a selectable media content that represents the item linked to the token. The method also includes receiving a selection of the media content and embedding a token identifier of the token in a text-based message that is sent to the recipient, such that the recipient can select the selectable media content to accept to the digital token into a respective digital wallet of the recipient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying, by one or more processors, a digital wallet graphical user interface via a user device of a user associated with the digital wallet;
displaying, by the digital wallet graphical user interface, an inventory of digital tokens that are owned by the user, wherein each digital token is cryptographically linked to a virtual representation of a respective item and wherein each digital token is redeemable by the user to satisfy a transaction for an instance of the respective item;
receiving, by the digital wallet graphical user interface, an instruction to transfer a digital token from the inventory of tokens to a recipient;
displaying, by the digital wallet graphical user interface, a digital keyboard, wherein the digital keyboard includes a selectable media content that is representative of the respective item that corresponds to the digital token to be transferred;
receiving, by the digital keyboard, a text-based message including a selection of the selectable media content from the user;
embedding, by the digital keyboard, the selected media content in the text-based message, wherein a digital-token identifier of the digital token is embedded in the selectable media content; and
transmitting, by the digital wallet, the text-based message having the digital-token identifier embedded therein to a message account of the recipient, wherein the recipient can select the selectable media content to accept to the digital token into a respective digital wallet of the recipient.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inventory of digital tokens includes non-fungible tokens.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inventory of digital tokens includes fungible tokens.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein inventory set of digital tokens corresponding to a virtual representation are transferrable to other users.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the item is one of a digital good, a physical good, a digital service, a physical service, a digital experience, or a digital experience.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transaction for an instance of an item is one of a sale of the instance of the item, a lease of the instance of the item, a gifting of the instance of the item, and a giveaway of the instance of the item.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selectable media content is an emoji having the digital token associated therewith.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the digital token identifier is embedded in the emoji.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selectable media content includes a deep link where a recipient of the selectable media content can select the selectable media content to accept the digital token.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selectable media content is one of an image, a .gif, or a video.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text-based message having the digital token identifier embedded therein is transferrable from the message account of the recipient to a second messaging account of a second recipient without the first recipient redeeming the digital token, wherein the second recipient can select the selectable media content to accept to the digital token into a respective digital wallet of the second recipient.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inventory of digital tokens are stored on a distributed ledger and associated with a public address of the user on the distributed ledger.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: updating the distributed ledger to associate the digital token of the set of tokens with a public address of the recipient in response to the recipient accepting the digital token.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the digital token is redeemable by the recipient only when the digital token is associated with the public address of the recipient.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein in response to the recipient redeeming the digital token, the method includes executing a fulfillment workflow that initiates fulfillment of the item corresponding to the digital token.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the fulfillment workflow is specific to a type of the item and includes receiving, via a fulfilment graphical user interface, fulfillment parameters that are required to satisfy the transaction for the item from the recipient.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein when the item is a physical good, executing the fulfillment workflow includes receiving, via the fulfilment graphical user interface, shipping information indicating a location to where the item will be shipped and transmitting a shipping request to a fulfillment center that indicates the shipping information.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the fulfillment workflow includes obtaining additional fulfillment parameters that are required to satisfy the transaction for the item.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the distributed ledger is a blockchain.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the blockchain is a public blockchain.

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the distributed ledger is a private blockchain.

Assignees

• Verona Holdings Sezc

Inventors

• Yantis Jonathan
• Quigley William Edward
• Sliwka Lukasz Jakub

Classifications

• G06Q40/03

  Credit; Loans; Processing thereof · CPC title

• G06Q30/0185

  Product, service or business identity fraud · CPC title

• G06Q20/389

  Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction · CPC title

• G06Q20/3676

  Balancing accounts · CPC title

• G06Q20/1235

  with control of digital rights management [DRM] · CPC title