US 11,704,726 B1
Systems and methods for bartering services and goods using distributed ledger techniques
Ashley Raine Philbrick, San Antonio, TX (US); Oscar Guerra, San Antonio, TX (US); Kelly Q. Baker, San Antonio, TX (US); Carlos J P Chavez, San Antonio, TX (US); Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, San Antonio, TX (US); and Theresa Marie Matowitz, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/103,056.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,645, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 30/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/188 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage media communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
implementing, via a network interface associated with the at least one processor, an application programming interface (API) configured to facilitate interaction with data relating to bartering of services or goods, wherein the data relating to bartering of services or goods is stored in a blockchain network;
receiving, via the API, data relating to a bartering offer of a first set of one or more services or goods in exchange for a second set of one or more services or goods from a first user device associated with a first user, wherein the first set of one or more services or goods comprises one or more first set of personal tasks to be performed by the first user for a second user or a first set of personal property owned by the first user to be given to the second user, and the second set of one or more services or goods comprises one or more second set of personal tasks to be performed by the second user for the first user or a second set of personal property owned by the second user to be given to the first user;
converting, via the API, the data relating to the bartering offer into binary code suitable for storage in the blockchain network;
storing, via the API, the converted data relating to the bartering offer in the blockchain network; and
sending, via the API, a first control signal to a second user device associated with the second user to automatically launch a first application via the second user device to notify the second user of the bartering offer.