User generated content publishing system

US11120401B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L.E.A.F. HOLDINGS GROUP LLC · US

Inventors

• Sean Muller · Bellevue, US
• Richard Rosenblatt · Beverly Hills, US
• Joey C. Perez · Santa Monica, US
• Dennis Ameen · Bellevue, US
• Larry Fitzgibbon · Santa Monica, US
• Greg Griffin · Santa Monica, US
• Laurent Gherardi · Seattle, US
• Jon R. Jurgens, Jr. · Redondo Beach, US
• Brian Havener · Bothell, US
• Glenn Moran · Puyallup, US
• Dean Busenbark · Kirkland, US
• Mark Alexander Jones · Evanston, US
• Adam Youngers · Bellevue, US
• Ewan Godley · Renton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0282
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a User Publishing System (UPS) that enables both content publishing for users that share what they know in articles and enabling these users to get paid for providing the content through use of a User Compensation System (UCS). The invention enables users to create and edit content in multiple formats, from multiple sources, and in multiple languages. The system can be integrated for use with a plurality of different websites and adopt both the look and feel and the content format of each website, and/or other communication medium. Compensation may be provided to the user providing the content based on a variety of metrics.