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US 8468052
Systems and methods for providing activity and participation incentives
Current assignee: Individual
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US 8,468,052 B2
Title: Systems and methods for providing activity and participation incentives
Patent number / application: US 8,468,052 B2; Application No. US 13/007,959; Publication US 2012/0185310 A1
Inventor: Daniel Alan Greenspun. Original assignee: Vegas.com LLC (listed current assignee: Individual; post-grant assignments appear in the record but are outside this overview's scope).
Key dates: Priority/filing date 2011-01-17; published 2013-06-18 (grant); legal status listed Active, with adjusted expiration 2031-06-29.
Purpose and plain-language scope (as disclosed): The patent describes providing an interactive computer activity (e.g., an online activity or game on a website) that is likely to be enjoyable to selected users, while simultaneously displaying promotional and incentive offers to entice participation. A point system lets participating users accrue points to take advantage of displayed offers; because sufficient points must be earned, only users willing to participate become eligible, thereby filtering users by interest and willingness to participate (per the "Definitions" section of the source).
Illustrated embodiments (per the excerpt): FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing an interactive computer activity and incentive offers; FIG. 2 shows a networked-computer embodiment; FIG. 3 illustrates a user interface. Users connect via computing devices (PCs, laptops, smartphones, PDAs, set-top boxes, multimedia appliances) running a web application (e.g., a browser, or other network-capable application) over a network (TCP/IP, Internet, LAN, WAN, VPN, PSTN, wireless). A web server with a communication interface, processor, memory, and computer-readable storage media serves web resources (e.g., HTML via HTTP, or plug-in content).
Classification: G06Q 30/02 (marketing; targeted ads; discounts/incentives), G06Q 30/0209 (incentive awarded/redeemed with video game play), G07F 17/3255 (incentive, loyalty, or promotion schemes).
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8468052/en (fetched 2026-09-23).
What the excerpt does not establish: It provides no claim text, so the actual claimed scope, limitations, and claim language are not shown. Detailed descriptions of system components, figures, and embodiments are only partially reproduced (the excerpt notes omitted text), and the significance or legal effect of any listed reassignments is not established here.
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