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US 12,530,681 · App. 17/721,042 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

System, method and program product for generating and utilizing stable value digital assets

Inventors: Duncan Carl Cock Foster (New York, NY); Tyler Howard Winklevoss (New York, NY); Cameron Howard Winklevoss (New York, NY); Griffin Cock Foster (New York, NY)
Assignee: Gemini IP, LLC
G06Q20/3829G06Q20/389G06Q30/0609G06Q40/04G06Q20/3674G06Q20/382
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Patent No.
US 12,530,681
App. No.
17/721,042
Filed
Apr 14, 2022
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B1
Art Unit
3698
USPC
705/69
Abstract

The present invention generally relates to the use of stable value digital assets and/or fiat-backed digital assets as cryptocurrencies that can be linked to other digital assets using blockchain technology and/or through a peer-to-peer network. In embodiments, the present invention relates to specific applications of non-fungible digital assets tied to a peer-to-peer network, such as a blockchain network.

Claims (69)

1 . A method comprising:

providing, by a non-fungible token platform, a designated key pair comprising a designated public key and a designated private key, wherein the designated public key is associated with a designated public address of an underlying digital asset maintained on a distributed public transaction ledger maintained as a blockchain;

receiving an order to purchase a first amount of a non-fungible token, the order including a retail price of the non-fungible token and user destination information associated with a user, wherein the user destination information comprises a user public address;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform, a smart contract address associated with a smart contract, wherein the smart contract is associated with smart contract instructions;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform at the designated public address, at least a second amount of the underlying digital asset, wherein the second amount of the underlying digital asset corresponds to a manufacturer's price indicating a cost of creating the first amount of the non-fungible token;

generating, by the non-fungible token platform, an encrypted message from the designated public address to the smart contract address, the encrypted message comprising:

transfer instructions including a transfer of the at least the second amount of the underlying digital asset from the designated public address to the smart contract address;

generation instructions to associate the first amount of the non-fungible token with the designated public address; and

a first digital signature based at least on the designated private key;

publishing, by the non-fungible token platform and to the blockchain, the encrypted message; and

transferring, based at least in part on decrypting the encrypted message and by the non-fungible token platform, the first amount of the non-fungible token from the designated public address to the user public address.

2 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

providing, by a non-fungible token platform, a designated key pair comprising a designated public key and a designated private key, wherein the designated public key is associated with a designated public address of an underlying digital asset maintained on a distributed public transaction ledger maintained as a blockchain by a plurality of geographically distributed computing systems in a peer-to-peer network;

receiving an order to purchase a first amount of a non-fungible token, the order including a retail price of the non-fungible token and user destination information associated with a user, wherein the user destination information comprises a user public address associated with an individual computing system in the plurality of geographically distributed computing systems;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform, a smart contract address associated with a smart contract, wherein the smart contract is associated with smart contract instructions;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform at the designated public address, at least a second amount of the underlying digital asset, wherein the second amount of the underlying digital asset corresponds to a manufacturer's price indicating a cost of creating the first amount of the non-fungible token;

generating, by the non-fungible token platform, a message from the designated public address to the smart contract address, the message comprising:

transfer instructions for a transfer of the at least the second amount of the underlying digital asset from the designated public address to the smart contract address;

modification instructions indicating conditions under which the non-fungible token is modified;

generation instructions to associate the first amount of the non-fungible token with the designated public address; and

a digital signature based at least on the designated private key;

publishing, by the non-fungible token platform and to the blockchain, the message to cause execution of the smart contract instructions by the plurality of geographically distributed computing systems; and

transferring, by the non-fungible token platform and from the designated public address to the user public address, the first amount of the non-fungible token.

3 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

generating a first graphical user interface comprising a prompt requesting payment information from the user;

sending, to a user device associated with the user, data representing the graphical user interface, the data configured to be executed by the user device to cause display of the graphical user interface;

receiving, from the user device, user payment information associated with the user, wherein a payment is received by the non-fungible token platform using the user payment information.

4 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

providing a user payment database associated with the non-fungible token platform, wherein the user payment database includes user payment information associated with the user;

accessing, by the non-fungible token platform, the user payment database; and

retrieving, by the non-fungible token platform and from the user payment database, the user payment information, wherein a payment is received by the non-fungible token platform using the user payment information.

5 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

generating a transaction request indicating:

a third amount of the underlying digital asset to be transferred from a first public address associated with the non-fungible token platform to a second public address associated with the underlying digital asset; and

the second amount of the underlying digital asset to be transferred from the second public address to the first public address;

publishing the transaction request to a geographically distributed computer system, wherein the transaction request is configured to be executed by the geographically distributed computer system; and

receiving, at the first public address associated with the non-fungible token platform, the second amount of the underlying digital asset.

6 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

generating a transaction request indicating:

a third amount of underlying digital asset to be transferred from a public address associated with the non-fungible token platform to the designated public address;

publishing the transaction request to a geographically distributed computer system, wherein the transaction request is configured to be executed by the geographically distributed computer system; and

receiving, at the designated public address, the second amount of the underlying digital asset.

7 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

generating a transaction request indicating:

a third amount of the underlying digital asset to be transferred from the designated public address to a public address associated with the underlying digital asset; and

the second amount of the underlying digital asset to be transferred from the public address to the designated public address;

publishing the transaction request to a geographically distributed computer system, wherein the transaction request is configured to be executed by the geographically distributed computer system; and

receiving, at the designated public address, the second amount of the underlying digital asset.

8 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

generating a transaction request to generate a public address; and

publishing the transaction request to a geographically distributed computer system, wherein the transaction request is configured to be executed by the geographically distributed computer system to cause the user public address to be returned to the designated public address.

9 . A method comprising:

providing, by a non-fungible token platform, a designated key pair comprising a designated public key and a designated private key, wherein the designated public key is associated with a designated public address of an underlying digital asset maintained on a distributed public transaction ledger maintained as a blockchain;

receiving an order to purchase a first amount of a non-fungible token, the order comprising a retail price of the non-fungible token and user destination information associated with a user, wherein the user destination information comprises a user public address;

authenticating, by the non-fungible token platform, the user based at least in part on:

receiving a user loin request comprising user loin credential information associated with the user;

obtaining verified credential information associated with the user; and

verifying that the user loin credential information is associated with a registered user account based at least in part on the user loin credential information and the verified credential information;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform, a smart contract address associated with a smart contract, wherein the smart contract is associated with smart contract instructions;

obtaining, by the non-fungible token platform at the designated public address, at least a second amount of the underlying digital asset, wherein the second amount of the underlying digital asset corresponds to a manufacturer's price indicating a cost of creating the first amount of the non-fungible token;

generating, by the non-fungible token platform, a message from the designated public address to the smart contract address, the message comprising:

transfer instructions including a transfer of the at least the second amount of the underlying digital asset from the designated public address to the smart contract address;

generation instructions to generate the first amount of the non-fungible token to the designated public address; and

a digital signature based at least in part on the designated private key;

publishing, by the non-fungible token platform and to the blockchain, the message to cause execution of the smart contract instructions;

transferring, by the non-fungible token platform and based at least in part on verifying the digital signature, the first amount of the non-fungible token from the designated public address to the user public address to adjust a digital asset balance of the user by the first amount; and

confirming, by the non-fungible token platform, that the digital asset balance of the user has been adjusted by the first amount based on reference to the blockchain.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: FOSTER, DUNCAN CARL COCK; FOSTER, GRIFFIN COCK; WINKLEVOSS, CAMERON HOWARD; WINKLEVOSS, TYLER HOWARD
To: WINKLEVOSS IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 060810/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: WINKLEVOSS IP, LLC
To: GEMINI IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 060810/0861 →
Continuity (31)
Continuation 16687230 · Nov 18, 2019
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Continuation In Part 15960040 · Apr 23, 2018
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Provisional Application 62732347 · Sep 17, 2018
Provisional Application 62728441 · Sep 7, 2018
Provisional Application 62721983 · Aug 23, 2018
Provisional Application 62764977 · Aug 17, 2018
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