公开(公告)号：US20130317906A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-28

申请号：US13954948

申请日：2013-07-30

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Jared S. Morgenstern ,  George Lee ,  Guy Rom ,  Daniel Alan Levy

IPC: G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q40/04 ,  G06Q40/12

Abstract: A virtual currency system keeps track of virtual credits, which can be owned, transferred, purchased, and sold by participants in a virtual economy. Each virtual credit has an internal value and an external value, which define, respectively, the exchange rates for creating and redeeming the virtual credits. Upon creation of new virtual credits, the internal value for those credits is the rate for which real currency was paid per credit. The external value sets the rate at which the virtual credits can be redeemed for real currency. Each virtual credit may further have a face value, which is an apparent value of the virtual credit within the virtual economy, giving users a baseline impression for valuing the virtual currency. These features of the virtual currency enable a number of useful actions within the virtual economy, including currency seeding, couponing, and chargebacks.

Abstract translation: 虚拟货币系统跟踪虚拟信贷，可以由虚拟经济中的参与者拥有，转移，购买和销售。 每个虚拟信贷都有内部价值和外部价值，分别定义了创建和兑换虚拟信贷的汇率。 创建新的虚拟信贷后，这些信用额度的内部价值就是每个信贷支付实际货币的利率。 外部值设置虚拟信用可兑换为实际货币的汇率。 每个虚拟信用可以进一步具有面值，该值是虚拟经济体内的虚拟信用的明显值，给用户评估虚拟货币的基准印象。 虚拟货币的这些功能可以在虚拟经济中实现许多有用的操作，包括货币种子，优惠和退款。

公开(公告)号：US20180121989A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15854670

申请日：2017-12-26

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Rama Kittane Ranganath ,  Jared S. Morgenstern ,  Mark Rabkin

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/00

Abstract: A social networking system provides suggestions of gifts to users for presentation to a target user for a life event of the target user. Merchants provide bids for their products. The social networking system selects products as gift suggestions based on the merchants' bids, recipient's interests, and the candidate user to whom the gift is suggested. The selected gift and any messages relating to the life event are held until a specified time and then delivered to the target user. At the time of delivery, the target user may be provided with alternative products that the target user can select instead of the gift. The social networking system can earn revenue based on promotion of products as gift suggestions, promotion of products as gift alternatives, and for any financial transaction related to the gift.

公开(公告)号：US10565633B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15854670

申请日：2017-12-26

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Rama Kittane Ranganath ,  Jared S. Morgenstern ,  Mark Rabkin

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H04L12/58

Abstract: A social networking system provides suggestions of gifts to users for presentation to a target user for a life event of the target user. Merchants provide bids for their products. The social networking system selects products as gift suggestions based on the merchants' bids, recipient's interests, and the candidate user to whom the gift is suggested. The selected gift and any messages relating to the life event are held until a specified time and then delivered to the target user. At the time of delivery, the target user may be provided with alternative products that the target user can select instead of the gift. The social networking system can earn revenue based on promotion of products as gift suggestions, promotion of products as gift alternatives, and for any financial transaction related to the gift.

公开(公告)号：US20130317972A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-28

申请号：US13954946

申请日：2013-07-30

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Jared S. Morgenstern ,  George Lee ,  Guy Rom ,  Daniel Alan Levy

IPC: G06Q40/04

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q40/04 ,  G06Q40/12

Abstract: A virtual currency system keeps track of virtual credits, which can be owned, transferred, purchased, and sold by participants in a virtual economy. Each virtual credit has an internal value and an external value, which define, respectively, the exchange rates for creating and redeeming the virtual credits. Upon creation of new virtual credits, the internal value for those credits is the rate for which real currency was paid per credit. The external value sets the rate at which the virtual credits can be redeemed for real currency. Each virtual credit may further have a face value, which is an apparent value of the virtual credit within the virtual economy, giving users a baseline impression for valuing the virtual currency. These features of the virtual currency enable a number of useful actions within the virtual economy, including currency seeding, couponing, and chargebacks.

Abstract translation: 虚拟货币系统跟踪虚拟信贷，可以由虚拟经济中的参与者拥有，转移，购买和销售。 每个虚拟信贷都有内部价值和外部价值，分别定义了创建和兑换虚拟信贷的汇率。 创建新的虚拟信贷后，这些信用额度的内部价值就是每个信贷支付实际货币的利率。 外部值设置虚拟信用可兑换为实际货币的汇率。 每个虚拟信用可以进一步具有面值，该值是虚拟经济体内的虚拟信用的明显值，给用户评估虚拟货币的基准印象。 虚拟货币的这些功能可以在虚拟经济中实现许多有用的操作，包括货币种子，优惠和退款。