# US12155747B2: System For Management Of Rewardable Computer-Controlled Content Blocks Delivery And Consumption

- Kind: Granted patent
- Family: System For Management Of Rewardable Computer-Controlled Content Blocks Delivery And Consumption (https://www.intellectualfrontiers.com/patents/system-for-management-of-rewardable-computer-controlled-content-blocks-delivery-and-consum)
- USPTO status: Patented Case (as of 2024-11-06; record read 2026-09-27)
- Application: 17149482
- Filed: 2021-01-14
- Published: 2021-05-13
- Granted: 2024-11-26
- Estimated expiration: 2043-01-07 (An estimate from Google Patents, read 9 October 2026. Fees, terminal disclaimers and later events can change it, and it is not legal advice.)
- Inventor: Shahid N. Shah
- Rights holder: Intellectual Frontiers LLC
- Classifications (CPC): H04L 9/0643, H04L 9/3239, G06N 20/00, G06V 40/174, G06V 40/193, H04L 9/50, G06F 3/013, G06Q 20/123, G06Q 20/3678, G06Q 30/0218, G09B 5/00, G09B 5/12, G09B 7/02, H04L 9/3263, H04L2209/56

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## In plain language

[Improving Digital Learning with Reward-Based Progress Monitoring](https://www.intellectualfrontiers.com/patent-summaries/improving-digital-learning-with-reward-based-progress-monitoring)

## Abstract

A system for monitoring consumption of digital content by a user includes a display device, a memory circuit maintained on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit identifies the progress of the user through the digital content presented on the display device. The digital content includes a collection of micro content blocks, the progress of the user being at least dependent on one or more of a plurality of predefined parameters. The processing circuit identifies a computer-executable progress score of the user based on the progress identified for the user and defines a computer-executable reward value for the user based on the progress score of the user upon successful achieving at least a defined level of the progress. The processing circuit allows the user to redeem the computer-executable reward value as an equivalent transactional amount upon submission of the progress.

## Independent claims

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A system for monitoring consumption of digital content by a user, the system comprising: an information management server communicatively connected to a plurality of information sources each of which comprises a storage device that stores a plurality of digital files, the information management server comprising a memory circuit maintained on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit: receives a digital request from a user device for the digital content; determines a collection of micro-content blocks from at least one information source from the plurality of information sources, wherein the collection of micro-content blocks corresponds to the digital content to be delivered to the user device based on the request; and transmits at least one micro content block from the collection of micro-content blocks corresponding to the digital content to the user device based on a work flow plan, wherein the work flow plan comprises a series of computerized micro-tasks to be performed on the user device by the user of the user device in a particular sequence at particular locations and at a particular time slot, wherein the user device is remotely located from the information management server; a front-end context monitoring appliance remotely connected with the information management server and the user device, wherein the front-end context monitoring appliance comprises: a Global Positioning Service (GPS) device that tracks location coordinates associated with the user device at which at least one computerized micro-task from the series of computerized micro-tasks is performed by a user of the user device; and a context sensor that generates at least one of a plurality of context inputs provided by the user on the user device to perform the at least one computerized micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot, and digital messages transferred from the user device to perform the at least one micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot; an AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) system remotely connected to the front -end context monitoring appliance and the processing circuit, wherein the AI/ML system: trains a machine learning model using context inputs of different users in different contexts: receives at least one of the plurality of context inputs provided by the user on the user device to perform the at least one computerized micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot, and the digital messages transferred from the user device to perform the at least one micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot; determines, using the trained machine learning model, a contextual pattern associated with the consumption of the at least one micro content block corresponding to the digital content about the user and the user device based on at least one of the plurality of context inputs provided by the user on the user device to perform the at least one computerized micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot, and the digital messages transferred from the user device to perform the at least one computerized micro-task at the tracked location coordinates and the time slot; and transmits a digital signal comprising the contextual pattern to the processing circuit; wherein the processing circuit: receives the digital signal comprising the contextual pattern from the AI/ML system; transmits other micro-content blocks from the collection of micro content blocks to the user device based on the contextual pattern and the work flow plan; identifies a progress of the user based on a number of micro-content blocks from the collection of micro content blocks transmitted to the user device and a plurality of predefined parameters, wherein the plurality of predefined parameters comprises a number of words read by the user, a number of characters read by the user, and an amount of time spent by the user in front of the micro content blocks; identifies a computer-executable progress score of the user based on the progress identified for the user; determines gaze information by tracking the pattern of gaze of the user using an eye movement sensor to determine whether a particular portion of content was consumed; receives a number of predefined evaluation factors comprising the gaze information of the user through the digital content, and micro facial expression information of the user through the progress of the digital content; determines a computer-executable genuineness score based on the number of predefined evaluation factors, wherein the computer-executable genuineness score is indicative of an extent of attention paid by the user while going through the digital content; determines whether the progress score of the user meets a defined level of progress; and defines a computer-executable reward value for the user based on the progress score of the user and the computer-executable genuineness score when the progress score of the user meets the defined level of progress.

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