Systems, methods, and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7433866
APP PUB NO 20060173837A1
SERIAL NO

11032879

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Systems, methods and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for collecting and disseminating usage information related to electronic documents and for awarding usage credits to users in exchange for providing usage information are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving an indication of the usage of an electronic document by a user and aggregating the received usage indication for the document with usage indications relating to other users. Embodiments may also include creating document utilization information for the electronic document based on the aggregated usage indications and awarding usage credit to the user based on the user's providing statistics on the usage of the electronic document. Further embodiments may include transmitting an indication of the awarded usage credit to the user and receiving a request to use the usage credits.

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  • GOOGLE LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berstis, Viktors Austin, TX 210 8801
Forlenza, Randolph Michael Austin, TX 55 1324

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