Blockchain Facilitator for Low-Cost Incentive Compensation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile service providers face challenges in implementing cost-effective and secure incentive-based attention retention systems due to high network and computing resource costs, particularly with A2P messaging, where customers receive small monetary compensations and are overwhelmed by clutter, leading to economically unjustifiable transaction costs.

Innovation Solution

A networked facilitator system utilizing a blockchain to manage smart contracts for incentivized attention, where application providers submit smart contracts defining compensated actions, and the facilitator processes requests, validates activity completion, and initiates compensation distribution through a consensus mechanism, minimizing resource consumption by aggregating transactions and using efficient consensus mechanisms like proof-of-stake or Byzantine General.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional centralized systems are used for incentive-based compensation management, then security and control are improved, but network and computing resource costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoidnetwork and computing resource costs

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional centralized mechanical verification systems with a blockchain-based distributed consensus mechanism. Instead of relying on centralized servers to verify and record compensation transactions, the system uses cryptographic proof and distributed ledger technology where multiple nodes collectively validate transactions through consensus algorithms, eliminating the need for expensive centralized infrastructure while maintaining security.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces smart contracts as intermediary automated agreements that mediate between application providers and end users. These self-executing contracts automatically verify conditions, validate compensation eligibility, and distribute rewards without requiring expensive human intervention or centralized verification systems, thereby reducing network and computing resource costs while maintaining reliability through cryptographic verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If individual compensation transactions are processed separately, then transparency and trust are improved, but transaction costs become economically unjustifiable

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovetransparencyVSAvoidtransaction costs

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple individual compensation transactions into batched groups that are processed together through smart contracts. Instead of recording and verifying each small compensation transaction separately on the blockchain, the system aggregates multiple transactions into single batch operations, maintaining full transparency through the immutable ledger while dramatically reducing the number of consensus operations required, thereby making transaction costs economically viable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal smart contract framework that handles multiple different types of compensation transactions through a single standardized mechanism. The same smart contract infrastructure processes various incentive programs, reward types, and compensation scenarios, eliminating the need for separate verification systems for each transaction type and reducing overall network and computing resource consumption across the entire incentive ecosystem.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If A2P messaging volume increases for incentive programs, then customer engagement is improved, but messaging interface clutter increases making messages unreadable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomer engagementVSAvoidmessaging interface clutter

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service incentive system where end users autonomously select and opt into specific incentive programs and compensation opportunities through the application interface. Instead of receiving unsolicited A2P messages from multiple providers, users actively choose which incentive programs they want to participate in, receive targeted communications only from selected providers, and maintain control over their messaging preferences, thereby reducing interface clutter while preserving engagement through user-initiated interactions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240224012A1Arrangement facilitating low-cost block chain infrastructure for incentive-program compensation management

Publication Date: 2024.07.04 T MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC

AI summary

A networked facilitator system is described that, in cooperation with a block chain on a network, carried out managing smart contracts associated with incentivized attention of a recipient sponsored by an application provider. The application provider submits a smart contract for incorporation into a block of the block chain, where the smart contract defines a compensated action performed by the recipient. The facilitator is configured to receive an incentivized attention definition corresponding to the smart contract and maps the received incentivized attention definition to an address of the recipient. Thereafter, the facilitator operates to interact with the recipient and the block chain smart contract to validate completion of required acts and invoke a consensus function to cause issuance of compensation to the recipient pursuant to the completed smart contract on the block chain.