Incentivized auction style messaging

• US 10,282,760 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Collins Byrne
• Original Assignee: Michael Collins Byrne
• Inventors: Byrne, Michael Collins
• Primary Examiner(s): Reagan, James A
• Application Number:
  US14/985,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A system for incentivization of communications, comprising an incentivization engine and an auction service, and a method for using such a system for providing incentivization of user communications and user competition for incentives.

Claims

1. A method for ordering electronic communications for a plurality of user devices based on incentives, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of connections from a plurality of user devices;

receiving a plurality of incentives from one or more sender devices, each incentive of the plurality of incentives associated to one or more electronic communications of a plurality of electronic communications;

receiving, from one or more sender devices, a plurality of incentives, each incentive of the plurality of incentives associated to the one or more electronic communication

creating a message queue based on a hierarchical order of the at least portion of the plurality of electronic communications, the hierarchical order based one or more incentives associated to the one or more electronic communications;

associating metadata with each electronic communication of the least a portion of the plurality of electronic communications, the metadata comprising, at least, an embedded interactive element;

presenting a first electronic communication from the message queue, via a network connection, to a first user device, the electronic communication comprising at least a portion of the associated metadata;

receiving a first level of engagement, of a plurality of levels of engagement, from the first user device, the first level of engagement associated to the first electronic communication;

presenting a second electronic communication from the message queue, via a network connection, to the first user device, the electronic communication comprising at least a portion of the associated metadata;

receiving a second level of engagement of the plurality of levels of engagement from the first user device, the second level of engagement associated to the second electronic communication;

wherein the plurality levels of engagement each correspond to a time spent engaged or interaction, by the user device, with the embedded interactive element, or a combination thereof.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(a) allowing users, via an auction service operating on the incentivization server, to compete for incentives to bundle with communications.

3. A system for ordering electronic communications for a plurality of user devices based on incentives, comprising:

an incentivization server comprising at least a processor, a memory, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, wherein the programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a plurality of connections from a plurality of user devices;

receive a plurality of incentives from one or more sender devices, each incentive of the plurality of incentives associated to one or more electronic communications of a plurality of electronic communications;

receive, from one or more sender devices, a plurality of incentives, each incentive of the plurality of incentives associated to the one or more electronic communication;

create a message queue based on a hierarchical order of the at least portion of the plurality of electronic communications, the hierarchical order based one or more incentives associated to the one or more electronic communications;

associate metadata with each electronic communication of the least a portion of the plurality of electronic communications, the metadata comprising, at least, an embedded interactive element;

present a first electronic communication from the message queue, via a network connection, to a first user device, the electronic communication comprising at least a portion of the associated metadata;

receive a first level of engagement, of a plurality of levels of engagement, from the first user device, the first level of engagement associated to the first electronic communication;

present a second electronic communication from the message queue, via a network connection, to the first user device, the electronic communication comprising at least a portion of the associated metadata;

receive a second level of engagement of the plurality of levels of engagement from the first user device, the second level of engagement associated to the second electronic communication;

wherein the plurality levels of engagement each correspond to a time spent engaged or interaction, by the user device, with the embedded interactive element, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a database;

wherein the database stores incentive information.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the database stores auction information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the database stores communication information.