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Granted Patent B2
US 10,542,800 · App. 14/571,251 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Cryptocurrency collectables

Inventor: Avrey Gross (Boulder, CO)
A45C1/12G06Q20/065G06Q20/3829
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,542,800
App. No.
14/571,251
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collectable object with a sealed cavity that contains a private key that grants the user access to cryptocurrency saved to an account when the cavity of the sealed object is visibly broken into in order to gain access to the cavity. The object may also have: a record of the date on which the cryptocurrency was deposited in the account; a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in the account; a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in the account in relation to one or more currencies on the date the cryptocurrency was deposited in the account; instructions for use of the private and/or public key and account; and a public key which allows the user to view the amount of cryptocurrency deposited in the account.

Claims (22)

1. An object comprising:

a sealed internal cavity, wherein said sealed internal cavity not in communication with an exterior of the object is only accessible by visibly breaking said object; and

a private cryptocurrency key inside said sealed internal cavity, wherein said private cryptocurrency key allows access to and withdrawal of cryptocurrency from a cryptocurrency account.

2. The object of claim 1 , further comprising a public cryptocurrency key located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

3. The object of claim 1 , further comprising a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

4. The object of claim 1 , further comprising a record of the date on which the cryptocurrency was deposited in said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

5. The object of claim 1 , further comprising a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in said cryptocurrency account in relation to one or more currencies on the date the cryptocurrency was deposited in said account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

6. The object of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for use of said private cryptocurrency key or a public cryptocurrency key with said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

7. The object of claim 1 , further comprising a record of the number of identical objects manufactured in a series along with an object number for which number that object is in the series located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

8. The object of claim 1 , wherein the object comprises an object that promotes another company located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

9. The object of claim 1 , further comprising precious metals or stones located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

10. The object of claim 1 , wherein the object is made of plastic.

11. The object of claim 1 , wherein the object is a figurine.

12. The object of claim 1 , wherein the object is a hanging ornament.

13. The object of claim 1 , wherein the object is anthropomorphic.

14. An object comprising:

a sealed internal cavity not in communication with an exterior of the object, wherein said sealed internal cavity is only accessible by visibly breaking said object;

a private cryptocurrency key inside said sealed internal cavity, wherein said private cryptocurrency key allows access to and withdrawal of cryptocurrency from a cryptocurrency account;

a public cryptocurrency key located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object;

a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object;

a record of the date on which the cryptocurrency was deposited in said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object; and

a record of the amount of cryptocurrency in said cryptocurrency account in relation to one or more currencies on the date the cryptocurrency was deposited in said cryptocurrency account located either in said internal cavity or on the exterior of said object.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61915536 · Dec 13, 2013
Related Publication 20150164192A1 · Jun 18, 2015
Cited By (1)
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