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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Marc E. Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);

Xuedong Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);

Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);

Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);

Qi LU, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Satya Nadella, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Daniel Reed, Redmond, WA (US);

Harry Shum, Medina, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Marc E. Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);

Xuedong Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);

Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);

Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);

Qi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Satya Nadella, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Daniel Reed, Redmond, WA (US);

Harry Shum, Medina, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

ELwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/28 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting device-identifier data corresponding to at least one communication device; accepting network-participation identifier data associated with a verified real-world user associated with the at least one communication device; and assigning a unique identifier at least partly based on the device-identifier data and the network-participation identifier data.


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