US-12626316-B2 - System and method employing a virtual ledger for open innovation in the metaverse

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an engine server implementing an open innovation engine determining a baseline monetization based on monetization events; inventor and team member devices associated with the monetization events; smart contracts associated with the monetization events; and portfolios associated with the monetization events. The inventors, and team members enter into respective smart contracts generated by the open innovation engine with respect to terms for development and monetization of the portfolios and which collects the baseline monetization for operating costs, and to fund further projects, is implemented with distributed technology and issues tokens based on generated valuations of the respective portfolios. When the portfolios lead to the monetization events, the tokens increase in value and the engine distributes value thereof to the baseline monetization, and the team members, and inventors, based on terms within respective smart contracts.

Inventors

• Carlos R. Villamar

Assignees

• Carlos R. Villamar

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20230504

Claims (18)

1. 1 . A system for computer based open innovation, the system comprising: an engine server implementing an open innovation engine for determining a baseline monetization based on one or more monetization events, including one of portfolio sales, and/or profits from startups, products and/or services; the open innovation engine configured to generate and execute smart contracts, including blockchain smart contracts, with respect to terms for development and monetization of one or more portfolios, including patent portfolios associated with the one or more monetization events; the smart contracts allocating a predetermined portion of monetization event proceeds as the baseline monetization for operating costs and for funding further projects; one or more inventor devices associated with the one or more monetization events; and one or more team member devices associated with the one or more monetization events, including one or more patent attorney team members, finance team members, and/or marketing team members; the engine server configured to perform virtual ledger blockchain operations to validate occurrence of the monetization events, update the virtual ledger, and automatically issue tokens based on generated valuations of the respective portfolios, the generated valuations comprising artificial intelligence-based, rules-based, and blockchain-based valuations; the tokens being configured to track value of the portfolios automatically in response to validated monetization events and to distribute profits to the baseline monetization, the one or more inventors, and the one or more team members in accordance with the executed smart contracts; a gallery server integrated with the open innovation engine and configured to recruit inventors via AI-powered and/or human virtual recruiting assistants, provide for patent or non-fungible token sales via crypto wallets, and deliver intellectual property education via AI-powered and/or human instructors; and the open innovation engine and gallery server configured to support secure innovation transactions.
2. 2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the open innovation engine determines and equity split between the inventors based on the named inventors on an issued patent minus the baseline monetization.
3. 3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the open innovation engine implements the gallery server that performs WEB 3.0, virtual reality (VR), and/or augmented reality (AR) services, including services for recruiting inventors, providing for patents sales, providing for non-fungible token (NFT) sales, and/or intellectual property (IP) education.
4. 4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein for the recruiting inventors, the gallery server provides information regarding an open innovation community at to potential inventors provided by virtual recruiting assistants, including AI powered virtual recruiting assistants and/or by actual human recruiters via a gallery server user interface.
5. 5 . The system of claim 3 , wherein for patents or NFT sales, the gallery server provides information regarding the patents or NFTs to potential buyers and an ability to buy the patents or NFTs via crypto wallets of the potential buyers, and the information is provided by virtual sales assistants, including AI powered virtual sales assistants and/or by actual human salesmen via a gallery server user interface.
6. 6 . The system of claim 3 , wherein for IP education, the gallery server provides IP education information to potential students, and the IP education information is provided by virtual teaching assistants, including AI powered virtual teachers and/or by actual human teachers via a gallery server user interface.
7. 7 . A computer-implemented method for computer based open innovation, the method comprising: determining, by an engine server implementing an open innovation engine, a baseline monetization based on one or more monetization events, including one of portfolio sales, and/or profits from startups, products and/or services; generating and executing, by the open innovation engine, smart contracts, including blockchain smart contracts, with respect to terms for development and monetization of one or more portfolios, including patent portfolios associated with the one or more monetization events; allocating, by the smart contracts, a predetermined portion of monetization event proceeds as the baseline monetization for operating costs and for funding further projects; associating one or more inventor devices with the one or more monetization events; associating one or more team member devices with the one or more monetization events, the one or more team member devices including one or more patent attorney team members, finance team members, and/or marketing team members; performing, by the engine server, virtual ledger blockchain operations to validate occurrence of the monetization events, update the virtual ledger, and automatically issue tokens based on generated valuations of the respective portfolios, the generated valuations comprising artificial intelligence-based, rules-based, and blockchain-based valuations; tracking, by the tokens, value of the portfolios automatically in response to validated monetization events and distributing profits to the baseline monetization, the one or more inventors, and the one or more team members in accordance with the executed smart contracts; recruiting inventors, by a gallery server integrated with the open innovation engine, via AI-powered and/or human virtual recruiting assistants; providing, by the gallery server, for patent or non-fungible token sales via crypto wallets; delivering, by the gallery server, intellectual property education via AI-powered and/or human instructors; and supporting, by the open innovation engine and gallery server, secure innovation transactions.
8. 8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the open innovation engine determines and equity split between the inventors based on the named inventors on an issued patent minus the baseline monetization.
9. 9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the open innovation engine implements the gallery server that performs WEB 3.0, virtual reality (VR), and/or augmented reality (AR) services, including services for recruiting inventors, providing for patents sales, providing for non-fungible token (NFT) sales, and/or intellectual property (IP) education.
10. 10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein for the recruiting inventors, the gallery server provides information regarding an open innovation community at to potential inventors provided by virtual recruiting assistants, including AI powered virtual recruiting assistants and/or by actual human recruiters via a gallery server user interface.
11. 11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein for patents or NFT sales, the gallery server provides information regarding the patents or NFTs to potential buyers and an ability to buy the patents or NFTs via crypto wallets of the potential buyers, and the information is provided by virtual sales assistants, including AI powered virtual sales assistants and/or by actual human salesmen via a gallery server user interface.
12. 12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein for IP education, the gallery server provides IP education information to potential students, and the IP education information is provided by virtual teaching assistants, including AI powered virtual teachers and/or by actual human teachers via a gallery server user interface.
13. 13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium for computer based open innovation and with instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, perform the steps comprising: determining, by an engine server implementing an open innovation engine, a baseline monetization based on one or more monetization events, including one of portfolio sales, and/or profits from startups, products and/or services; generating and executing, by the open innovation engine, smart contracts, including blockchain smart contracts, with respect to terms for development and monetization of one or more portfolios, including patent portfolios associated with the one or more monetization events; allocating, by the smart contracts, a predetermined portion of monetization event proceeds as the baseline monetization for operating costs and for funding further projects; associating one or more inventor devices with the one or more monetization events; associating one or more team member devices with the one or more monetization events, the one or more team member devices including one or more patent attorney team members, finance team members, and/or marketing team members; performing, by the engine server, virtual ledger blockchain operations to validate occurrence of the monetization events, update the virtual ledger, and automatically issue tokens based on generated valuations of the respective portfolios, the generated valuations comprising artificial intelligence-based, rules-based, and blockchain-based valuations; tracking, by the tokens, value of the portfolios automatically in response to validated monetization events and distributing profits to the baseline monetization, the one or more inventors, and the one or more team members in accordance with the executed smart contracts; recruiting inventors, by a gallery server integrated with the open innovation engine, via AI-powered and/or human virtual recruiting assistants; providing, by the gallery server, for patent or non-fungible token sales via crypto wallets; delivering, by the gallery server, intellectual property education via AI-powered and/or human instructors; and supporting, by the open innovation engine and gallery server, secure innovation transactions.
14. 14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the open innovation engine determines and equity split between the inventors based on the named inventors on an issued patent minus the baseline monetization.
15. 15 . The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the open innovation engine implements the gallery server that performs WEB 3.0, virtual reality (VR), and/or augmented reality (AR) services, including services for recruiting inventors, providing for patents sales, providing for non-fungible token (NFT) sales, and/or intellectual property (IP) education.
16. 16 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein for the recruiting inventors, the gallery server provides information regarding an open innovation community at to potential inventors provided by virtual recruiting assistants, including AI powered virtual recruiting assistants and/or by actual human recruiters via a gallery server user interface.
17. 17 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein for patents or NFT sales, the gallery server provides information regarding the patents or NFTs to potential buyers and an ability to buy the patents or NFTs via crypto wallets of the potential buyers, and the information is provided by virtual sales assistants, including AI powered virtual sales assistants and/or by actual human salesmen via a gallery server user interface.
18. 18 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein for IP education, the gallery server provides IP education information to potential students, and the IP education information is provided by virtual teaching assistants, including AI powered virtual teachers and/or by actual human teachers via a gallery server user interface.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED DOCUMENTS The present disclosure is a continuation-in-part of PCT Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US21/57947 of Villamar et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL LEDGER WITH NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN (NFT) GENERATION, LIQUIDITY POOLS AND CAMPAIGNS,” filed on 3 Nov. 2021, now co-pending, which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/339,586 of Kerseboom et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL LEDGER WITH NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN (NFT) GENERATION,” filed on 4 Jun. 2021, now allowed, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/950,408 of Kerseboom et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL LEDGER,” filed on 17 Nov. 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,593,481, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/088,690 of Kerseboom et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL LEDGER,” filed on 4 Nov. 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,588,789, which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/846,075 of Villamar et al., entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL LEDGER,” filed on 10 Apr. 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,510,062, the entire disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein. FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing secure innovation in the metaverse, and more particularly to systems and methods for employing a virtual ledger for open innovation in the metaverse, and the like. DISCUSSION OF THE BACKGROUND In recent years, systems and methods for security for communication networks have been developed. However, such systems typically are lacking in effective incorporation of security between communications devices, and the like, in an efficient and cost-effective manner. SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE Therefore, there is a need for a method and system that addresses the above and other problems. The above and other problems are addressed by the illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure, which provide systems and methods for computer based open innovation, includes an engine server implementing an open innovation engine determining a baseline monetization based on monetization events; inventor and team member devices associated with the monetization events; smart contracts associated with the monetization events; and portfolios associated with the monetization events. The inventors, and team members enter into respective smart contracts generated by the open innovation engine with respect to terms for development and monetization of the portfolios and which collects the baseline monetization for operating costs, and to fund further projects, is implemented with distributed technology and issues tokens based on generated valuations of the respective portfolios. When the portfolios lead to the monetization events, the tokens increase in value and the engine distributes value thereof to the baseline monetization, and the team members, and inventors, based on terms within respective smart contracts. Accordingly, in illustrative aspects of the present disclosure there is provided a system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an engine server implementing an open innovation engine for determining a baseline monetization based on one or more monetization events, including one of portfolio sales, and/or profits from startups, products and/or services; one or more inventor devices associated with the one or more monetization events; one or more team member devices associated with the one or more monetization events, and including one or more patent attorney team members, finance team members, and/or marketing team members; one or more smart contracts, including Blockchain smart contracts associated with the one or more monetization events; and one or more portfolios, including patent portfolios associated with the one or more monetization events. The one or more inventors, and team members enter into respective smart contracts generated by the open innovation engine with respect to terms for development and monetization of the portfolios. The open innovation engine collects the baseline monetization for operating costs, and to fund further projects. The open innovation engine is implemented with distributed technology, including blockchain technology and issues tokens based on generated valuations, including one of Artificial intelligence (AI)-based, ruled based, and blockchain-based valuations of the respective portfolios. When one or more of the portfolios lead to the monetization events, the tokens increase in value and the open innovation engine distributes value thereof to the baseline monetization, and the respective team members, and inventors, based on terms agreed to within the respective smart contracts. The open innovation engine determines and equity split between the inventors based on the named inventors on an issued patent minus the baseline monetization. The open innovation engine implements a gallery server that p