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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Newtown Partners (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, ZA;

Inventors:

James Alexander Gibson Kilroe, Cape Town, ZA;

Vinodan Karthikeya Lingham, Los Altos, CA (US);

Llewellyn Claasen, Parklands, ZA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); A63F 13/792 (2014.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3672 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); A63F 13/792 (2014.09); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing cryptocurrency is disclosed. A plurality of users are provided with an in-marketplace wallet suitable for storing linked digital tokens that are linked in value to cryptocurrency tokens and are required to transact on a digital marketplace platform. A cryptocurrency reserve is provided for storing cryptocurrency tokens. Responsive to a user purchasing linked digital tokens from a marketplace store, linked digital tokens are transferred to the in-marketplace wallet an equivalent value of cryptocurrency tokens are transferred to the cryptocurrency reserve. Responsive to a user withdrawing a number of linked digital tokens from the in-marketplace wallet, the desired number of linked digital tokens are removed from the user's in-marketplace wallet and an equivalent value of cryptocurrency tokens are transferred from the cryptocurrency reserve to an out-of-marketplace wallet of the user for storing cryptocurrency tokens outside of the marketplace platform.


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