Multifactorial optimization system and method

• US 10,567,975 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2017
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hoffberg Family Trust 2
• Original Assignee: Hoffberg Family Trust 2
• Inventors: Hoffberg, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chein, Allen C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ortiz Roman, Denisse Y
• Application Number:
  US15/476,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20170206512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/065 using e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/22 Payment schemes or models
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; allocating portions of the synthetic economic value by the first set of agents to a second set of agents at respectively different hierarchal rank than the first set of agents; and conducting an auction amongst agents using the synthetic economic value as the currency. A method for allocation among agents, comprising assigning a wealth generation function for generating future wealth to each of a plurality of agents, communicating subjective market information between agents, and transferring wealth generated by the secure wealth generation function between agents in consideration of a market transaction. The method may further comprise the step of transferring at least a portion of the wealth generation function between agents.

Claims

1. A virtual currency agent, comprising:

an interface port to an automated public communication network; and

at least one automated processor for settling a transaction with a remote virtual currency agent, negotiated by communications through the interface port to the automated public communication network, configured to;

receive a message, through the automated public communication network, indicating a proposed transfer of units of a secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information to the virtual currency agent in consideration of the transaction;

initiate verification of authenticity and lack of prior inconsistent transfer of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information by cryptographically processing the message under decentralized control, based on at least an audit trail of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information; and

if the authenticity and lack of prior transfer are verified, selectively accepting the transfer and concluding the transaction.

2. The virtual currency agent according to claim 1, wherein the message comprises packets of information, which are communicated through a packet router of the automated public communication network.

3. The virtual currency agent according to claim 2, wherein the automated communication network comprises a multihop communication network.

4. The virtual currency agent according to claim 1, wherein the at least one automated processor is configured to negotiate the transaction subject to an associated risk tolerance, wherein the verification of authenticity and the verification that the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information are not subject to a prior inconsistent transfer are conducted to satisfy the associated risk tolerance.

5. The virtual currency agent according to claim 1, the virtual currency agent competes with other virtual currency agents for the transaction.

6. The virtual currency agent according to claim 5, wherein the consideration for the transaction is competitively determined based on the competition.

7. The virtual currency agent according to claim 1, wherein the automated processor is further configured to generate units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information based on a cryptographic algorithm.

8. The virtual currency agent according to claim 7, wherein the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information have a valuation that changes over time after creation.

9. The virtual currency agent according to claim 1, wherein the automated processor is further configured to verify a reputation of source of the message.

10. A virtual currency method, comprising:

providing an agent comprising;

an interface port to an automated public communication network; and

at least one automated processor for settling a transaction with a remote virtual currency agent, negotiated by communications through the interface port to the automated public communication network, configured to;

receive a message, through the automated public communication network, indicating a proposed transfer of units of a secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information to the virtual currency agent in consideration of the transaction;

initiate verification of authenticity and lack of prior inconsistent transfer of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information by cryptographically processing the message under decentralized control, based on at least an audit trail of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information;

if the authenticity and lack of prior transfer are verified, selectively accepting the transfer and concluding the transaction;

negotiating the transaction through the interface port, with the proposed transfer of units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information to the virtual currency agent in consideration of the transaction;

receiving the message through the automated public communication network;

processing the message based on at least an audit trail of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information;

verifying the authenticity of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information by cryptographically processing the message under decentralized control, based on at least an audit trail of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information;

verifying that the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information are not subject to a prior inconsistent transfer; and

selectively accepting the transfer only if the authenticity and lack of prior transfer are verified.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the message comprises packets of information, which are communicated through a packet router of the automated public communication network.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the automated communication network comprises a multihop communication network.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the transaction is negotiated subject to an associated risk tolerance, wherein the verification of authenticity and the verification that the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information are not subject to a prior inconsistent transfer are conducted to satisfy the associated risk tolerance.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising competing for the transaction with other virtual currency agents, and determining the consideration for the transaction competitively, based on the competition.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising selectively automatically communicating in a radio frequency mobile ad hoc communication network among a plurality of the agents, dependent on the selectively accepting the transfer by the agent.

16. The method according to claim 10, further comprising generating units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information based on a public key-based cryptographic algorithm.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information have a valuation that changes over time after creation.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein the audit trail comprises a chain of ownership, and information dependent on a time of creation of a respective secure token.

19. A system for receiving a virtual currency payment, comprising:

an automated interface to a public communication network; and

at least one automated processor, configured to;

negotiate a transaction with a remote virtual currency agent, by communications through the automated interface;

receive a proposed transfer of units of a secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information in consideration of the transaction through the automated interface;

initiate a verification of authenticity and lack of prior disposition of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information by cryptographically processing the message under decentralized control, based on at least an audit trail specifying a history of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information; and

selectively accept the transfer based on a result of the verification.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the proposed transfer of the units of the secure token comprising cryptographically endorsed information in consideration of the transaction is cryptographically secure and signed, so that if a node places a bid, and later fails to pay, a later investigation can be conducted to correctly account for the transaction, and possibly penalize wrongdoing.