Abstract
From Washington, D.C., NewsRx journalists report that a patent application by the inventors Brini, Yacine (San Francisco, CA, US); Church, Maura (San Francisco, CA, US); Crane, Matthew (Mercer Island, WA, US); Gold, Claudia (Boca Raton, CA, US); Jenkins, Wyatt (Santa Barbara, CA, US); Kaler, Inna (San Francisco, CA, US); Pugh, Jennifer (Oakland, CA, US), filed on October 19, 2023, was made available online on February 8, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Different platforms may be utilized by entities seeking contributions from the general public to obtain a needed service(s) and/or resource(s). Some of these platforms facilitate raising resources (i.e., funds) from the users through monetary contributions or donations to support a project. Oftentimes, supporters of a project are given rewards or special perks, where the size and/or exclusivity of the rewards or special perks may depend on the amount contributed.”
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