METHODS, APPARATUSES AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURES FOR INCENTIVIZING PARTICIPANTS TO TRADE ON A MARKETPLACE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace, comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory, in which the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to perform the acts of;
issuing, in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants, at least one warrant to a participant who trades on the marketplace, in which the warrant provides a right to the participant for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace, and in which the right is conditioned on the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace;
determining the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace;
determining based on the participant'"'"'s performance, a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace; and
outputting the quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace, in which the quantity of warrants that may be converted is communicated to the participant.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace. In one embodiment, at least one warrant is issued a participant who trades on the marketplace. The warrant is issued in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants. The warrant provides the participant with a right for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace. The right is conditioned on the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace. The participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace is determined by the system, and is used to determine a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace. The quantity of warrants that may be converted is outputted and communicated to the participant.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, in which the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to perform the acts of; issuing, in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants, at least one warrant to a participant who trades on the marketplace, in which the warrant provides a right to the participant for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace, and in which the right is conditioned on the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining based on the participant'"'"'s performance, a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace; and outputting the quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace, in which the quantity of warrants that may be converted is communicated to the participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace, comprising:
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issuing via a processor, in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants, at least one warrant to a participant who trades on the marketplace, in which the warrant provides a right to the participant for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace, and in which the right is conditioned on the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining, via the processor, the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining via the processor, based on the participant'"'"'s performance, a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace; and outputting, via the processor, the quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace, in which the quantity of warrants that may be converted is communicated to the participant. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article of manufacture for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace, comprising:
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a storage medium, in which the storage medium stores instructions which, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to perform the acts of; issuing, in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants, at least one warrant to a participant who trades on the marketplace, in which the warrant provides a right to the participant for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace, and in which the right is conditioned on the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining the participant'"'"'s performance on the marketplace; determining, based on the participant'"'"'s performance, a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace; and outputting the quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace, in which the quantity of warrants that may be converted is communicated to the participant.
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