Granted Patent B2

US 12,597,015 · App. 18/885,168 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Inventors: David Brener Kahn (Princeton, NJ); Sorat Tungkasiri (Skillman, NJ)

Assignee: DataCoining LLC

G06Q20/367G06Q30/0206G06Q40/04G06Q2220/16

Abstract

Claims (57)

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

creating, by a first computing device, a work token associated with a user, the work token being a non-fungible token (NFT) including a personal identifiable information (PII) portion and a digital footprint portion;

executing, by a first computing device, a user interface that enables the user to access online information;

enabling, via a smart contract, the user to opt into collecting raw data sets of the online information being accessed as the user utilizes the user interface to perform online activities;

enabling, by the first computing device and via the smart contract, personal identifiable information (PII) unique to the user and inclusive of at least one of demographic parameter to be submitted by the user;

receiving, by the first computing device, no PII information or at least a portion of the PII submitted by the user;

storing, by the first computing device, the PII submitted by the user in the PII portion of the work token;

collecting, by the first computing device, raw data sets of the information as the user performs online activities via the user interface, the raw data sets defining unique expressions defined by the online information accessed by the user utilizing the user interface;

executing a classification engine to automatically classify the raw data sets of the collected online information into specific categories for the user;

executing a digital footprint engine to process the classified raw data sets of the user to generate a digital footprint of the user;

storing the digital footprint of the user inclusive of the classified raw data sets of the user in the digital footprint portion of the work token;

based on terms of the smart contract, in response to determining that the user submitted PII information, enabling the user to selectably submit or refrain from submission data of the digital footprint and PII of the user, or in response to determining that the user submitted no PII information, enabling the user to selectably anonymously submit the data of the digital footprint; and

communicating, by the work token, directly or indirectly with an application configured to access and process the stored digital footprint and/or PII associated with the user selected to be submitted in exchange for remuneration and/or other forms of compensation on behalf of the user from a third-party that operates the application.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the digital footprint of the user is a unique digital footprint of the user relative to digital footprints generated by other users who perform other online activities.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the worktoken to directly or indirectly communicate with an application using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising calculating, by an individual data value calculator being executed by the computing device, individual data value of the user as a function of at least a portion of the digital footprint and at least a portion of the PII.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the worktoken to directly or indirectly communicate with an application of a third-party that is an advertiser.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the worktoken to directly or indirectly communicate with the application to receive and respond to commercial offers and/or social interactions.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

forming a work token for the user includes forming one and only one work token that is a non-fungible work token;

preventing the work token from being transferable from the digital wallet; and

storing the non-fungible work token in a digital wallet associated with the user.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the worktoken to directly or indirectly communicate PII with the application, the PII including financial information of the user.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate PII with the application, the application configured to determine credit score.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising enabling work token to be updated by the application so as to update a credit score and/or financial standing of the user.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the worktoken to directly or indirectly communicate PII with the application, the PII including financial information of the user, and wherein the application is configured to determine at least one financial metric of the user to enable the application to supply to potential advertisers for establishing bids for advertising to the user.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

generating terms and rules of at least one smart contract for the user;

applying the terms and rules to the respective at least one smart contract;

storing the at least one smart contract with the terms and rules onto at least one respective blockchain, thereby causing the user interface that supports, monitors, and records Internet usage by the user to be collected as opt-in activities based on the terms of the respective at least one smart contract;

applying the PII of the user to the respective at least one smart contract;

enabling, by the first computing device, the user to select activities on the Internet as raw data sets to submit for individual data value;

storing the at least one smart contract of the user onto the at least one blockchain of the users; and

executing the at least one smart contract of the user with the third-party to enable the application to access the digital footprint and PII of the work token in exchange of the remuneration and/or other forms of compensation.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application includes enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate PII with the application, the PII including financial information of the user.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate PII with the application, the application configured to determine a credit score and enabling worktoken to be updated by the application so as to update a credit score of the user.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising enabling, via the user interface, the user to (i) disable collection of the raw data sets, and (ii) enable collection of the raw data sets as a function of at least one smart contract agreed to by the user.

16 . The method according claim 1 , wherein creating the work token inclusive of the digital footprint portion includes creating the work token inclusive of a digital footprint portion that is tiered, and wherein storing the digital footprint of the user includes storing the classified raw data sets of the digital footprint of the user in a tiered manner.

17 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising converting the PII and digital footprint stored in the work token using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to a value for the remuneration and/or other forms of compensation on behalf of the user from the third-party that operates the application.

18 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising generating a graphical representation of the amount of different classified raw data sets of the stored digital footprint of the user, thereby providing the user with the ability to view the graphical representation so as to view interests and behaviors.

19 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein storing, by the first computing device, the PII portion and digital footprint includes storing the PII portion and digital footprint only on an electronic device of the user on which the first computing device is operating.

20 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting a bot or other automated tool that purports to be the user, automatically stopping the bot or other automated tool from enabling the purported user from submitting PII and collecting raw data sets.

21 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

executing, by a first computing device, a user interface that enables a user to access online information;

enabling, via a smart contract, the user to opt into collecting raw data sets of the online information being accessed as the user utilizes the user interface to perform online activities;

collecting, via the user interface, raw data sets of the information as the user performs online activities;

enabling, by the first computing device and via the smart contract, personal identifiable information (PII) unique to the user and inclusive at least one of demographic parameter to be submitted by the user;

receiving, by the first computing device, no PII information or at least a portion of the PII submitted by the user;

generating, by the first computing device, raw data sets representative of activities performed by the user while the user using the user interface is performing the online activities;

storing the raw data sets in work token defined by a data structure associated with the user, the raw data sets defining unique expressions defined by the online information accessed by the user utilizing the user interface;

executing a classification engine to automatically classify the raw data sets of the collected online information into specific categories for the user;

executing a digital footprint engine to process the classified raw data sets of the user to generate a digital footprint of the user;

forming a work token for the user as a combination of the digital footprint and PII of the user;

based on terms of the smart contract, in response to determining that the user submitted PII information, enabling the user to selectably submit or refrain from submission data of the digital footprint and PII of the user, or in response to determining that the user submitted no PII information, enabling the user to selectably anonymously submit the data of the digital footprint; and

enabling the work token to directly or indirectly communicate with an application configured to communicate with the work token so as to process the work token to at least in part determine a credit score of the user.

22 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein storing, by the first computing device, the PII portion and digital footprint includes storing the PII portion and digital footprint only on an electronic device of the user on which the first computing device is operating.

23 . The method according to claim 21 , further comprising detecting a bot or other automated tool that purports to be the user, automatically stopping the bot or other automated tool from enabling the purported user from submitting PII and collecting raw data sets.

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