IP Library Granted Patent US 11,645,670
Granted Patent B2
US 11,645,670 · App. 17/872,200 · Granted May 9, 2023

Multi-axis blockchain clearance of offers

Inventors: Michael Walsh (San Francisco, CA); Venkata Radha Krishna Proddaturi (Santa Clara, CA); Joshua Arteaga (Mountain View, CA); Ehsan Hoque (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Quotient Technology Inc.
G06Q30/0238G06Q20/3827H04L9/0637H04L9/50H04L2209/56
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Patent No.
US 11,645,670
App. No.
17/872,200
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method providing improvements in clearance of offers, comprising receiving payout transaction metadata from a first computing device controlled by a first entity, the payout transaction metadata relating to a point of sale transaction using a coupon associated with a coupon campaign; in response to approving the coupon for payout, posting a payout transaction to be written on two independent payout blockchains including a first payout blockchain associated with the first entity and a second payout blockchain associated with the coupon campaign, the payout transaction including at least a portion of the payout transaction metadata; receiving payout transaction metadata from a second computing device controlled by a second entity associated with the coupon campaign, the payout transaction metadata relating to a payout event that corresponds with a payout transaction written on the second payout blockchain.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method for implementing a coupon campaign across multiple blockchains, the method performed by a coupon provider server, the method comprising:

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a first payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a first computing device controlled by a first entity;

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a second payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a second computing device controlled by a second entity;

receiving first payout metadata from the first computing device, the first payout metadata relating to a payment for a transaction, the transaction being associated with a coupon associated with the coupon campaign;

generating second payout metadata based on a modification of the first payout metadata, the second payout metadata comprising information relating to the payment for the transaction that has been de-sensitized;

posting a first payout transaction on the first payout blockchain based on the first payout metadata and further posting a second payout transaction on the second payout blockchain based on the second payout metadata, the first computing device being restricted from accessing the second payout blockchain and the second computing device being restricted from accessing the first payout blockchain.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain form a multi-axis payout blockchain by one or more payout transactions written on both the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first payout blockchain is distributed to nodes within a first distributed network including a server computer and the first computing device, wherein the second payout blockchain is distributed to nodes within a second distributed network including the server computer and the second computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to receiving the first payout transaction metadata, initializing the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after receiving the first payout transaction metadata, posting a payout transaction to be written on two distinct blockchains, a first of the two distinct blockchains being associated with the first entity and a second of the two distinct blockchains being associated with the coupon campaign, the payout transaction including at least a portion of the first payout transaction metadata.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the two distinct blockchains are separate from the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the two distinct blockchains are the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more sequences of program instructions for implementing a coupon campaign across multiple blockchains and which instructions, when processed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute:

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a first payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a first computing device controlled by a first entity;

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a second payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a second computing device controlled by a second entity;

receiving first payout metadata from the first computing device, the first payout metadata relating to a payment for a transaction, the transaction being associated with a coupon associated with the coupon campaign;

generating second payout metadata based on a modification of the first payout metadata, the second payout metadata comprising information relating to the payment for the transaction that has been de-sensitized;

posting a first payout transaction on the first payout blockchain based on the first payout metadata and further posting a second payout transaction on the second payout blockchain based on the second payout metadata, the first computing device being restricted from accessing the second payout blockchain and the second computing device being restricted from accessing the first payout blockchain.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain form a multi-axis payout blockchain by one or more payout transactions written on both the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute distributing the first payout blockchain to nodes within a first distributed network including a server computer and the first computing device, and distributing the second payout blockchain to nodes within a second distributed network including the server computer and the second computing device.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute, prior to receiving the first payout transaction metadata, initializing the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute, after receiving the first payout transaction metadata, posting a payout transaction to be written on two distinct blockchains, a first of the two distinct blockchains being associated with the first entity and a second of the two distinct blockchains being associated with the coupon campaign, the payout transaction including at least a portion of the first payout transaction metadata.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the two distinct blockchains are separate from the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the two distinct blockchains are the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

15. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions which, when executed using the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a first payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a first computing device controlled by a first entity;

constructing, for the coupon campaign, a second payout blockchain as a private blockchain between the coupon provider server and a second computing device controlled by a second entity;

receiving first payout metadata from the first computing device, the first payout metadata relating to a payment for a transaction, the transaction being associated with a coupon associated with the coupon campaign;

generating second payout metadata based on a modification of the first payout metadata, the second payout metadata comprising information relating to the payment for the transaction that has been de-sensitized;

posting a first payout transaction on the first payout blockchain based on the first payout metadata and further posting a second payout transaction on the second payout blockchain based on the second payout metadata, the first computing device being restricted from accessing the second payout blockchain and the second computing device being restricted from accessing the first payout blockchain.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain form a multi-axis payout blockchain by one or more payout transactions written on both the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

17. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute distributing the first payout blockchain to nodes within a first distributed network including the server computer and the first computing device, and distributing the second payout blockchain to nodes within a second distributed network including the server computer and the second computing device.

18. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute, prior to receiving the first payout transaction metadata, initializing the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain.

19. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute, prior to initializing the first payout blockchain and the second payout blockchain, generating the coupon associated with the coupon campaign.

20. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising sequences of instructions which when executed using the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to execute, after receiving the first payout transaction metadata, posting a payout transaction to be written on two distinct blockchains, a first of the two distinct blockchains is associated with the first entity and a second of the two distinct blockchains is associated with the coupon campaign, the payout transaction including at least a portion of the payout transaction metadata.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.; UBIMO LTD
Reel/Frame 064841/0963 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC
To: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.; UBIMO LTD
Reel/Frame 064834/0950 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: CB NEPTUNE HOLDINGS, LLC; ONCARD MARKETING, INC.; QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: CERBERUS BUSINESS FINANCE AGENCY, LLC
Reel/Frame 064805/0237 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2022
From: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.; UBIMO LTD
To: BLUE TORCH FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062040/0140 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.; UBIMO LTD; SAVINGSTAR, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 062038/0015 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: WALSH, MICHAEL; PRODDATURI, VENKATA RADHA KRISHNA; ARTEAGA, JOSHUA; HOQUE, EHSAN
To: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 061323/0373 →