US 12,437,337 B2
System and method for trading distinct and identifiable portions of a physical commodity
Eliot Samuels, New York, NY (US); and Daniel Frauchiger, Thalheim (CH)
Assigned to SOLIDUS VENTURES GMBH, Schlieren (CH)
Filed by Solidus Ventures GmbH, Schlieren (CH)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,641.
Application 18/224,641 is a continuation of application No. 17/007,129, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,710,182.
Application 17/007,129 is a continuation of application No. 15/482,773, filed on Apr. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,762,565, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 15/482,773 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2015/054817, filed on Oct. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/062,188, filed on Oct. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360131 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 40/04 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method implemented by computing device that facilitates allocating portions of a precious metal divided into one or more physical units having a three-dimensional form, the computing device having one or more processors and a memory, the method comprising:
receiving, at the computing device, image data for at least one physical unit of the one or more physical units;
subdividing, at the computing device and using a three-dimensional mathematical mapping of coordinates based on the physical unit, the image data for the at least one physical unit into a plurality of three-dimensional segments, each of the plurality of three-dimensional segments being associated with a tangible portion of the at least one physical unit that is distinct and identifiable, wherein subdividing the at least one physical unit renders the physical unit unaltered, and wherein the plurality of three-dimensional segments comprises the entire at least one physical unit;
storing, in the memory of the computing device, the coordinates for the plurality of three-dimensional segments;
generating, at the computing device and based on the coordinates, a specification for each of the plurality of segments based on the received image data for the at least one physical unit, each specification being: (i) associated with one of the plurality of segments, (ii) representative of its associated segment, and (iii) sufficient to generate a displayable representation of its associated segment such that the displayable representation can be displayed on a display of a user computing device in relation to its position with respect to an overall image of the at least one physical unit and with respect to the other of the plurality of segments that comprise the at least one physical unit;
generating, at the computing device, a table of the specifications of the plurality of segments, each specification being associated in the table with an identifier of the at least one physical unit and a user to whom the segment is allocated;
storing the table in the memory of the computing device;
assigning, at the computing device, in the table an allocation of a first segment to a first user; and
transmitting, by the computing device and to a first user computing device associated with the first user, a first specification of the first segment associated with the first user,
wherein the first specification is utilized to generate a first displayable representation of the first segment that is displayed in a graphical user interface of the first user computing device.