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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Judd Antin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Elizabeth F Churchill, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Ayman Shamma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marco DE SA, San Francisco, CA (US);
Judd Antin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Elizabeth F Churchill, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Ayman Shamma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marco de Sa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for generating and awarding user-generated badges. In one embodiment, a user-generated badge may be generated in response to input received via a graphical user interface. The user-generated badge may be represented by a media token and have associated therewith a set of rules defining one or more activities to be completed. Activity data may be monitored via one or more data sources based upon the set of rules. An instance of the user-generated badge may be automatically awarded to individuals satisfying the set of rules.