Wearable jewelry bead connected to metadata saved on DLT, which can be used for issuance of unique digital assets

Abstract

The present invention provides a wearable signature jewellery bead, (Beads-C TM), with at least two physical markings denoting authenticity and connection to a unique metadata repository on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) which can contain information, which might be used to give genesis to a dedicated digital asset. Such asset can be constituted of any kind of blockchain token, including a non-fungible token (NFT), a soul bounded token (SBT) or any digital representations of tangible or intangible value. The token derived of the metadata information is freely exchangeable but the underlying information is immutable, only updatable upon the interaction with decentralised oracles.

Description

[0001]Title:Wearable jewelry bead ( Beads-C , TM) connected to metadata saved on DLT,which can be used for issuance of unique digital assetsThe present invention relates in broad terms to a jewelry wearable signature beadassociated with its corresponding digital metadata repository and the assets that canconsequentially be issued thereof. Specifically, the wearable bead, hereby referred toas Beads-C (trade mark serial number 13535 / 2023, registration number 808178) isa characteristic jewelry good having at least two or more physical markings denoting asignature authenticity and a unique digital repository containing information that is safeon Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) infrastructure.The information on DLT furnishes the issuance of non-fungible tokens (NFT) and / orNTT (non-transferable token) and / or SBT (soul-bound token). In this case, the NFT / NTT / SBT is linked to the repository, and representative of, the jewelry bead, alsoreferred to as the Beads-C .Beads from Beads-C have a characteristic signature shape, which comprises -but isnot limited to- a selection as a cube / dice, a four-leave clover / flower, a heart / coeur, aDavid Star, a pentagonal star, a triangle, three circles in triangular disposition, arectangle, a drop, a square, an oval and a fat coin.Beads from Beads-C have characteristic signature high-quality material and can bemade of crystal glass and / or ceramic and / or gemstones and / or pure metal and / or metalalloy and are produced in signature shapes as previously mentioned.The wearable jewelry bead has at least two distinct physical markings, which can resultof process of being cast, carved, etched, printed, inked and / or imprinted through laserengraving, cataphoresis (electrophoresis deposition, cationic electrophoresis), enamel,high ceramic and / or embossing into the item.The following description, and drawings referred to herein, are directed to a wearablearticle in the form of bead to be freely worn on a bracelet, ring, necklace, key chain,attached to a watch, pinned as one or more earrings, as a button pin, an anklet, on aheadband, as headpiece, and / or as pendant.It should be noted that the wearable possibilities of a bead from Beads-C mayinclude any type of creative use such as –but not limited to - an article of styling,clothing or element of art, like tattoos, or as accessory such as decorating a clutchpurse or handbag or wallet chain and charms.For instance, the Beads-C article may be used as jewelry, including, but not limitedto a bracelet, such as a charm bracelet, friendship bracelet, or gospel bracelet, anarmlet, bangle, cuff links, belt buckle, charm, anklet, or bracelet composing a style.The Beads-C articles can be worn on or around the neck, like a pendant, including achoker, bow tie and chain. Also as body piercing and many more options. Due to itssignature design as a bead, Beads-C is open to usages that serve as, but non-limiting to, any examples of creative jewelry and accessorizing.Drawing 100 illustrate three examples of kinds of possible embodiments of the beadsignature Beads-C . Article 100A (shown as a clover), 100B (shown as a cube),1020C (shown as a heart, coeur). All the examples have a physical marking 104 that isthe authenticity of the brand and 103 that is a unique digital identifier associated withthe digital metadata on the DLT infrastructure that furnishes the issuance of tokensassociated to the the Beads-C .In some embodiments, the two physical markings of the authenticity Beads-C , thefleur-de-lis 103, and its unique digital identifier 104 can be in the form of engravings inlaser and / or cataphoresis (electrophoresis deposition, cationic electrophoresis) and / orenamel and / or high ceramic and / or embossing, in non-limiting examples like castingand etching.In the attached embodiments, the illustration shows at least two distinguishing marks ofthe Beads-C article. It displays a fleur-de-lis sign 103 as proof of authenticity andan unique digital identifier 104. This identifier 104 is generally in the form of a QR Codedenoting a digital repository assigned as metadata for a consequential uniquecryptographic token, which can be stored in the wallet of the owner of the Beads-C ,or subsequently freely circulate on the blockchain realm.The kind of graphic mark is not specific and can include other expressions ofinformation, like a QR-code and / or an alphanumerical code and / or a bar code and / or ahashed codeIt should be noted that the unique digital identifier 104 may be represented in a varietyof ways, such as visual code and / or a QR-code and / or an alphanumerical code and / ora bar code and / or a hashed code and / or a novel graphic code (see drawing 100).Such marking points to a repository of metadata safe in Decentralized LedgerTechnology infrastructure, where unique content is stored. Such content can be used toissue a digital identity of the Beads-C on a subsequent step.For example, in some embodiments, the digital asset may result in the issuance of anon-fungible token (NFT), to which it is tied to, and is representative of the underlyingBeads-C asset. In other words, a design of the digital NFT is related to the physicaldesign of the the Beads-C .The digital asset, specifically the NFT in this example, is minted depending on the kindof Beads-C that is purchased. All standard beads of Beads-C contain exclusiveinformation safe on DLT repositories, however not all Beads-C purchases triggersconcurrently to its genesis the issuance and transmission of an NFT to a digital wallet.Beads from Beads-C only receive unique digital identifiers in the form of NFTs whenissued on premium safe collections. The issuance of NFTs for standard Beads-C ispossible but shall not necessarily be ignited at its genesis but rather “ad posteriori” asthe notion of digital assets gains acceptance among the general public.It should be noted that the purchase of wearable beads from Beads-C is notnecessarily the trigger of issuance of an NFT digital asset itself, however the piece soulis undeniably connected to information stored on the blockchain.To understand this flow, observe drawing 500 and its consecutive steps. At 501,a buyerpurchases the wearable article and upon purchasing it, the buyer informs the uniqueproducer (Beads-C the company) of the content to be stored on the metadata repositoryand the wallet to where the token must be minted to, If the buyer has no wallet, thecompany can issue one for the client.Next, at 503, the company creates a wearable article with physical markings denotingauthenticity and an unique link pointing to the metadata repository.Following this, we enter the realm of the blockchain 515. On the next step, 507, thebuyers data is made available on DLT infrastructure repository of metadata, whichfurnishes the eventual issuance of a digital token identity.The process may include uploading a digital file representing the wearable articletogether with origin information and the exclusive content that the buyer might want topreserve.When the metadata may include the name of an artist or creator of the bead item, thedescription of the item materials and origin, the price originally paid for it, the firstpurchase date, the original ownership of the item with specifications about its royalties.This metadata may be stored on a distributed file system, such as a decentralized IPFS(Interplanetary File System) server. An IPFS is a protocol and peer-to-peer network forstoring and broadcasting data in a distributed file system.Once the metadata is stored, 509, a Smart Contract owned by the producer and publiclyverifiable can generate / mint an unique NFT and transmit it to the buyer wallet.The uniqueness of the NFT token is openly verifiable on the blockchain and hence, itsuniqueness is transparent for any peer to see.Further on, if a token is generated, it can include all the original metadata and thefollowing history of transaction of the asset, like the new owner, and the location links ofthe file representing the NFT.At 511, an NFT, the digital asset, is delivered to the buyer wallet and can be stored,donated, traded, sold, auctioned or exchanged on the blockchain between the buyerand its peers.The fact that the NFT is attached to a real world asset, which is the jewelry bead itself,outside of the blockchain a secondary market might organically evolve based onprevious ownership and rarity value attached to of each unique Beads-C , box 513.The Consequential Digital AssetThe digital Beads-C is a consequence of the information stored in the DLTpertaining to that specific Bead. It may, or may not, give genesis to a digital asset thatmay, or may not, have an associated value that may, or may not, be tangible orintangible, like purely emotional.The digital asset thereof may be issued from any informational content stored digitallyon a DLT that is uniquely identifiable and which is connected to the physical mark 103on the Beads-C , such that an individual can make use of it to keep, trade, donate,buy, change, exchange, claim or sell the asset and its respective data in order to realizevalue.For example, the digital metadata may be a standardized digital content such as aphoto, a written document, a creative common, an audio file, a video or any kind of art.It can be a visual presentation, a spreadsheet, a reference to a website, a love letter, apiece of art, a legal testament, a philharmonic composition, a molecule and even areference to a patent. The usability is unlimited.The digital asset generated from the content registered in the Beads-C repositorymay be anything the buyers want to preserve and in some cases may serve as proof ofownership.For instance, Beads-C repository may contain metadata about proprietary creativeclaims, commodity ownership, cryptocurrency ownership, stablecoins ownership, orcentral bank digital currency (CBDB) ownership.The digital asset may be a claim upon a commodity, a security, a derivative or any otherfinancial product and real estate, or even rare artifacts or works of art. The informationcontained in the Beads-C DLT repository is important to the bead owner and hispeers because it will anchor the value of the digital token generated thereof.For example, if a Beads-C buyer inserts in the metadata repository truthful, oracleverifiable, information about a real estate of his ownership, the buyer can trade thedigital asset generated from that metadata as a claim to the underlying asset, in thiscase, the real estate itself.In another example, the digital asset attached to the Beads-C may be traded as atype of cryptocurrency. It is important to note that at this stage Beads-C is notoriginally created for this intent, however such free usages cannot be excluded becausethe blockchains are free from censorship.The bead items from Beads-C are real quality jewelery, with a distinguished originand contain meaningful information on its core, two characteristics that might organicallyrevert in realizable value for its buyers.A Cryptocurrency is a digital medium of exchange that fulfills the 3 following purposes:storage of value, means of exchange and unity of account. In the case of Beads-C ,the records for transactions and ownership of the beads will be supported through adistributed ledger technology, open and verifiable such as a blockchain.Blockchains necessarily rely on cryptography and are a synonym of DLT.A DLT, a distributed ledger technology, is nothing but a network that has many back upsacross nodes. The nodes agree on consensus upon the status of the ledger and usuallyare awarded a reward upon closure of the blocks (proof of work, or proof of stake).The information is indestructible and immutable because it is distributed across anetwork of disparate servers and compartmentalized in sequential blocks whose orderand content cannot be violated.This decentralized and immutable architecture allows the system to exist independentlyfrom the control or censorship that central authorities impose on centralized servers. Ina distributed ledger, data is backed up and shared across the vast network whichcreates a digital chain of events that can be openly verified, because each user of thenetwork and each transaction has a single identifiable hash.The information among the network participants is continuously updated throughepochs that result in consensus, which usually leads to rewards to the participants ofthe network.The data on blockchains are usually interconnected through cryptographic hashes tomaintain the honesty of the ledger and to keep track of all the functions performed onthe network.Advanced networks are capable of running programs, also known as smart contracts,that execute tasks related to data. Such tasks can be, but are not limited to, theissuance of tokens, the transfer of ownership or value of such tokens, the payment ofroyalties and interest upon token retention, as well as payments of loans and rewards,in the case of staking.The identity of every soul of every Beads-C is based in IPFS metadata storage.Any digital asset issued consecutively is targeting to the metadata of the Beads-Chosted on the IPFS.The consequential token may be minted and circulate at any of the selected blockchainnetworks –but not restricted to- as Polygon Mainnet, Ethereum, Fantom, Solana,Arbitrum One, IPFS, Linea Main Network, Avalanche, Optimism, Starknet, HarmonyMainnet, Palm Network, USDC coin, Tether, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), World Assetexchange (WAX) and Beads-C Chain (BDC).The digital asset generated from the metadata paired with the physical Beads-Cmay give genesis to any kind of token. Tokens can also be considered a form ofcryptocurrency depending on its functions. Tokens may be created by smart contractsand safely minted to white listed wallets.Beads-C underlying metadata can be applied in tokens which may be built andstored on an existing public blockchain or on a new own (BDC) private blockchain. Thetoken may be a programmable asset that allows for the creation and execution of aspecific smart contract which establishes ownership and allows for up dates on thevalue of Real World Assets, which exist outside of the blockchain.Tokens can also be given out through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Such procedure issimilar to a stock option where equity is flown.Tokens can carry value, utility or represent a claim to an underlying asset. Whenrepresented as value tokens (similar to ETH at Ethereum network) they are used to paygas fees to the maintenance of the network, security tokens represent fractions of alarger entity or equity (like a fraction of equity), and utility tokens (like Link, Chainlink)are designated to pay for specific network maintenance tasks, like mint-and-burn feesacross networks.In some possible embodiments, the digital asset generated from the Beads-Cmetadata may be a cryptographic token that has a unique cryptographic code. Forinstance, the cryptographic token may be a non-fungible token (NFT), a non-transferable token (NTT) or a soul-bound token (SBT), an utility token, a payment tokenor act as a cryptocurrency means-of-exchange token.As previously explained, the digital token generated from the Beads-C metadatamay be also a non-fungible token, an NFT.Such tokens have a unique digital identity, which is stored on a distributed ledgernetwork and encrypted using a unique hash that identifies the item on the chain. TheNFT may be a digital representation of an asset like a real world object, like jewelry, orfor example, art, music, photos, in-game avatars, videos or any data content. The NFT,like other kinds of tokens, may be bought and sold with cryptocurrency or stablecoins onblockchain centralized and decentralized marketplaces like Binance or Opensea.io.The digital asset metadata paired with the Beads-C may or may not serve asreference to issuance of a digital identity that can operate similarly to any such tokens,inclusive as a stablecoin.Stablecoins are build usually with the Ethereum standard ERC20, which is a category ofcryptographic representation token. Stablecoins can be attached to a real word assetand that effect has a tethering mechanism, which is aimed at maintaining a stablemonetary value. For example, one USDC corresponds to one US Dollar. The digitalstable coin has a respective twin in the real world.Stablecoins operate by pegging the value of the digital representation to a specificcommodity, currency, asset, or pool of assets or by algorithmically controlling supply inresponse to changes in demand in order to stabilize value.Coins issued by Central Banks, CBDCs, are Stablecoins because they are a form ofdigital money or monetary value, denominated in the national unit of account, thatcorresponds to a direct liability of a central bank.It is early to exhaust all the possible usages of Beads-C because much of its valuewill come from the data stored in its metadata repository and the tokens derived thereof.Hence, as the content information depends on the buyers input, at this moment the onlypossible affirmation is that Beads-C is here to build a pioneering and undestroyablebridge between the blockchain realm and Real World Assets.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 16 January 2025 (16.01.2025)Wearable jewelry signature bead ( f Beads-C- , trade mark) connected to metadata saved on DLT, which can be used for issuance of unique digital assetsMarina Wentzel de Oliveira Maria Carolina Hafner1 A wearable bead comprising of a physical jewelry with characteristic signature shape and at least two physical marks denoting a unique authenticity claim to the bead item ( f Beads-C f ) and an identifier that is paired with a metadata repository that can generate a digital asset, a cryptographic entity containing the metadata soul of this item.2 The bead on claim 1 , wherein the wearable is a jewelry bead made of glass and / or ceramic and / or crystal and / or gemstones and / or pure metal and / or metal alloy with a signature shape and mark associated with a trade mark (:Beads-C ).3 The wearable bead on claim 2, wherein the jewelry bead is a signature shape bead selected from the group consisting of, but not limited to, a cube / dice, a four-leave clover / flower, a heart / coeur, a David Star, a pentagonal star, a triangle, three circles in triangular disposition, a rectangle, a drop, an oval, a square and a fat coin.4 The wearable bead of claim 1 , wherein the two distinct physical markings are cast, carved, etched, printed, inked and / or imprinted through laser engraving, cataphoresis (electrophoresis deposition, cationic electrophoresis), enamel, high ceramic and / or embossing into the item.5 The wearable bead on claim 1, wherein the digital asset comprises a cryptographic information safe on distributed ledger network (DLT) infrastructure and used as metadata reference for generating a unique cryptographic code which is issued as non-fungible token.6 The wearable bead of claim 5, wherein the cryptographic soul is safe on a distributed ledger network (DLT) infrastructure and the tokens issued from this metadata are selected from the group consisting of a payment token, a utility token, a security token, and a non-fungible token (NFT) and also other novel standards yet under research like ERC6551.1 The wearable bead of claim 1. wherein the physical marking on the wearable bead comprises two marks, one of which is a digitally readable graphic reference that can be expressed as graphic code and / or a QR-code and / or an alphanumeric code and / or a bar code and / or a hashed code denoting a metadata repository which serves as genesis for the cryptographic token paired to the wearable bead. Such repository exists on Web2 and Web3. The secondary mark on the bead is an alphanumeric code, which is issued by an exclusively-owned smart contract that entangles the Web2 and Web3 repositories depicted in the QR. with the randomly generated alpha-numeric LD. code. Such code is immutable because it is validated by a nounce in the DLT network. The connection of three points of information (target Web2. target Web3 and I.D.Code) in one single data issuance entity (the smart contract) is the novelty itself.8 The wearable bead of claim 7, wherein the digital metadata address associated with the unique cryptographic code imprinted on the wearable bead is a link to a repository on a Distributed Ledger Technology infrastructure. The cryptographic token issued based upon this metadata can be storedin a digital wallet, physical (cold storage) or digital (hot storage) or sent across different wallets and traded in centralized or decentralized exchange platforms.

9. The wearable bead of claim 7, wherein at least one of the digital address and cryptographic code comprises data for providing at least one of: access to the digital asset token; verification of ownership of the digital asset; display of memories and personalized metadata on DLT or API and history of one or more transactions, including genesis of the token in respect to the origin of the digital asset and its chain of ownership.

10. The digital token of bead of claim 9, wherein the one or more transactions comprises at least one of donation, transfer, sale, exchange of the digital asset, including trading of the digital asset, and transferring ownership of the digital asset for private or commercial purposes.

11. The digital token of the wearable bead of claim 9, wherein at least one of the digital address and cryptographic code can be used to verify that a digital wallet associated with an owner of the wearable article holds the cryptographic token and indicates exclusive ownership of the digital asset.

12. The wearable bead of claim 5, wherein a purchase of the wearable article triggers the generation of the metadata issuance on the DLT infrastructure. Consequentially, in some cases, follows the issuance of a cryptographic non-fungible token (NFT). Sequentially occurs a transaction on a smart contract operating on a blockchain, which issues a token to a digital address, a digital wallet. Cryptographic code gives access to this digital wallet, wherein the unique NFT token is now located. The transactions from and to the digital wallet associated with the NFT are traceable through the DLT scan platform. The NFT is freely transferable from wallet to wallet and smart-contract to smartcontract in the realm of the blockchain.

13. The wearable bead of claim 12, wherein genesis of the unique cryptographic code records pertaining to itself is the underlying asset referred to on the metadata.

14. The wearable bead of claim 12, wherein the digital ledger of transactions registration is a blockchain network where such transactions are paid in the own chain native token.

15. The wearable bead of claim 14, wherein the blockchain network is selected from the group consisting of, but not limited to, Polygon Mainnet, Ethereum, Fantom, Solana, Arbitrum One, IPFS, Linea Main Network, Avalanche, Optimism, Starknet, Harmony Mainnet, Palm Network, USDC coin, Tether, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), World Asset exchange (WAX) and Beads-C Chain (BDC).

16. The wearable bead of claim 12, wherein the cryptographic token is a non-fungible token (NFT) generated from the metadata embeded in the DLT infrastructure, where the distinguishing marks in the wearable bead target to.

17. The wearable bead of claim 16, wherein a design of the NFT is related to a physical design of the wearable article and the metadata that comprises the soul of the same article.

18. The wearable bead of claim 17, wherein the purchase of the jewelry bead further transfers exclusive rights to use the wearable article in a virtual reality (VR) and / or augmented reality (AR) and / or Artificial Intelligence (Al) social network and also gives claim for the physical wearable jewelry bead, should it be stored on a safe or vault or locked in staking contracts, directly or through delegation.

19. The wearable bead of claim 18, wherein the NFT is cryptographically linked to a metadata which gives origin to digital representations, which can also be source of issuance of a NTT, with ownership data of the NTT, SBT soul-boud-token, associated with the digital repository of the original owner of the wearable bead.

20. The wearable bead of claim 18, wherein the virtual representation of the NFT is associated not only with the physical design of the wearable bead, but also with memories, photos, documents, text, sounds, film, animation, graphic art, proof of origin and authenticity, trade mark, general information, etc. any information that the original owner of the piece declared as part of soul to be stored in themetadata decentralized repository infrastructure pertaining to the genesis of the digital bead and referred to by the two markings on the physical jewelry bead piece.

21. The wearable bead of claim 18, wherein the token representation of the bead metadata, its consequential NFT, is freely exchangeable on centralized or decentralized platforms, like the selected, but not restrained to, Binance, Uniswap, Sushiswap, Certhis, Opensea, Rarible, Mintable, Coinbase, Foundation and Kraken.[0001][0002]Statement under Article 19(1)[0003]I hope this communication finds you well. I am writing to formally request the acceptance of my proposed amendments to the claims of my PCT application, filed under the reference number PCT / IB2024 / 052803. These amendments have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the relevant procedural rules.[0004]The proposed amendments aim to improve the clarity and precision of the claims, ensuring they align more effectively with the technical subject matter of the invention. Importantly, the amendments do not introduce new matter and remain entirely within the scope of the original disclosure submitted at the time of filing.[0005]I kindly request the International Bureau to process this request at its earliest convenience and confirm the incorporation of the amendments into the application. Please do not hesitate to contact me if further clarification or documentation is needed to facilitate this process.[0006]Thank you for your attention to this matter. I deeply appreciate the support and guidance provided by the International Bureau in advancing my application under the PCT system.

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