IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,830
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,830 · App. 18/608,158 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Dynamic rewardable activity value determination and allocation

Inventors: Paul Kats (Los Angeles, CA); Jeffrey Chernick (Venice Beach, CA); Mark Randall Goldston (Beverly Hills, CA); Sohrab Pirayesh (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: DIGITAL REEF, INC.
H04M3/42051H04M1/2757H04M1/576H04M1/72403H04M1/72439H04M3/42042H04M19/04H04M19/041H04M2201/50H04M2203/306
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Patent No.
US 12,506,830
App. No.
18/608,158
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Sender Controlled Media (SCM) platform user is presented incentives for performing rewardable platform activities that result in accruing points in a user-specific account from which points can be redeemed by transfer or cryptocurrency conversion to an external user-designated wallet. A reward received for each instance of a rewardable platform activity is determined based on a range of platform context including a target average points payout, an aggregated total points payout over a distribution period, and a type of rewardable platform activity.

Claims (31)

1 . A method of incentivized rewardable platform activity tracking:

configuring a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure with interactive displayable content associated with a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform;

providing the interactive displayable content to a user's phone to present the interactive displayable content in a user interface of a lockscreen of the user's phone;

receiving an indication of a user selection of a rewardable platform activity through the user interface of a rewardable platform activity incentive portion of the interactive displayable content;

executing a reward mechanism that monitors user actions within the SCM platform based on a set of requirements of the selected rewardable platform activity; and

when a reward point total for the selected rewardable platform activity is a variable amount, performing a reward total determining function that performs a probabilistic determination of a reward total for the selected rewardable platform activity based at least in part on reward point totals rewarded to users of the SCM platform during a reward distribution period of time;

wherein the probabilistic determination produces a reward total that is greater or equal to a variable minimum value not less than zero points so that over a plurality of executions of the probabilistic determination for other platform users, an average reward total over the course of the reward distribution period of time approaches a target average reward total.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selectable rewardable platform activity is selected from a list of rewardable activities consisting of a first call of the day activity, completing a survey activity, configuring a profile video activity, configuring a profile photograph activity, referring a friend to join the platform activity, signing up for an external wallet activity, granting permissions to receive promotional content, granting permissions to permit activity tracking, and watching sponsored content.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive displayable content comprises a link that activates a platform service that is consistent with a rewardable platform activity represented by the interactive displayable content.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the platform service is a reward mechanism that facilitates a user performing the rewardable platform activity.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the reward mechanism triggers a reward engine to calculate a reward points total.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the reward engine performs the probabilistic determination when calculating the rewards points total.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the probabilistic determination of reward total is based on a target U.S. dollars (USD) equivalent of aggregated reward total points rewarded to platform users since a start time of the distribution period.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the distribution period includes a calendar day.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a start time of the distribution period is based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the target USD equivalent is based on an exchange rate between USD and a cryptocurrency on which the reward total is based.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of a reward points total for the user performing the selected rewardable platform activity is based on an estimate of a total number of platform users to activate the reward mechanism during the reward distribution period.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of a reward points total for the user having performed the selected rewardable platform activity is adapted for the user based on user-specific behaviors on the platform.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein user-specific behaviors that indicate that the user is a frequent user of the platform causes a weighting of higher value reward increments to be more likely to be calculated for rewarding the user.

14 . A system comprising:

an incentive configuration module of a call management platform executing on a processor producing a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure of displayable content associated with a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform;

a reward mechanism module that, when executing on the processor, records and tracks user activity on the SCM platform for performing a rewardable platform activity;

a reward engine that performs a probabilistic determination of reward points associated with the rewardable platform activity based on at least a target average points reward value and the user activity;

a reward account manager that, when executing on the processor adjusts a user points account based on an indication of the probalistic determination of the reward points from the reward engine; and

a reward redemption system that, when executing on the processor, handles user requests for redemption by transferring points from a wallet of the user in which the reward manager adjusts user points into an external wallet designated by the user.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the rewardable platform activity is selected from a list of rewardable activities consisting of a first call of the day activity, completing a survey activity, configuring a profile video activity, configuring a profile photograph activity, referring a friend to join the platform activity, signing up for an external wallet activity, granting permissions to receive promotional content, granting permissions to permit activity tracking, and watching sponsored content.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the displayable content comprises a link that activates a platform service that is consistent with a rewardable platform activity represented by the displayable content.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the platform service is an instance of the reward mechanism that is specific to the selected rewardable platform activity and that facilitates a user performing the rewardable platform activity.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the reward mechanism triggers the reward engine to calculate the reward points total.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the reward engine performs the probabilistic determination when calculating the rewards points total.

20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the reward engine is adapted to determine a reward points total for the user having performed the selected rewardable platform activity based on user-specific behaviors on the platform.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: KATS, PAUL; CHERNICK, JEFFREY; GOLDSTON, MARK RANDALL; PIRAYESH, SOHRAB
To: VYNG INC.
Reel/Frame 072909/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: VYNG, INC.
To: DIGITAL REEF, INC.
Reel/Frame 072909/0514 →
Continuity (17)
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Continuation PCTUS2018064962 · Dec 11, 2018
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Continuation 15725645 · Oct 5, 2017
Continuation In Part 15469772 · Mar 27, 2017
Continuation 15142200 · Apr 29, 2016
Continuation In Part PCTUS2016030083 · Apr 29, 2016
Provisional Application 62885562 · Aug 12, 2019
Provisional Application 62597309 · Dec 11, 2017
Provisional Application 62486495 · Apr 18, 2017
Provisional Application 62459742 · Feb 16, 2017
Provisional Application 62155706 · May 1, 2015
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