Patent US11055777

Identifiable physical form, sales instruments, and information marketplace for commodity trades
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US11055777

1. A method, comprising: (4) (8)

communicating information, by a computing device, between a seller and a buyer of a first instrument that represents a production share of verifiable physical goods, the communicating being over a central service layer of the computing device, wherein the central service layer is configured to facilitate transactions of a plurality of first instruments, and wherein the first instrument is recorded in a data store with the plurality of first instruments;

recording, by the computing device, a second instrument in the data store, wherein the second instrument represents second physical goods corresponding to the verifiable physical goods, the second physical goods being pledged by a guarantor in communication with the central service layer;

associating, by the computing device, the second instrument recorded in the data store with the first instrument using an identifier that refers to both the first and second instruments to form a family relationship between the first instrument and the second instrument, wherein the family relationship establishes that an amount of the second physical goods of the second instrument covers an amount of the physical goods of the production share of the first instrument;

executing a purchase by the buyer of the first instrument from the seller with the central service layer; and

providing ownership records of the first instrument and verifiable physical goods corresponding to the first instrument, the ownership records being for any number of transfers of the first instrument occurring over the central service layer;

wherein the first instrument represents a specific unit of precious metal, the method further comprising:

forming the unit of precious metal and, during formation of the unit of precious metal, injecting a substance into the precious metal while the precious metal is in liquid form to form a unique physical pattern of shapes that remains within the unit of precious metal, and

recording the unique physical pattern in association with the first instrument so that the specific unit of precious metal represented by the first instrument is verifiable.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first instrument specifies terms for purchase of the verifiable physical goods from a source by the buyer; the method further comprising providing a third instrument associated with the identifier and in the family relationship with corresponding first and second instruments, the third instrument representing a contingency right to purchase the production share represented by the corresponding first instrument in event of non-purchase by the buyer holding the corresponding first instrument. (1) (0)

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first instrument references a specific physical good of the verifiable physical goods, the method further comprising marking the specific physical good, when produced, with the identifier. (0)

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is fixed on a specific physical good corresponding to one of the instruments. (0)

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (1) (2)

translating, by the computing device, market information regarding the production share from the first instrument and the second instrument based on the family relationship and accessed from the data store using the identifier, wherein the market information regarding the production share is determined at least in part based on the existence of the family relationship between the first instrument and the second instrument; and

integrating the market information regarding the production share into adjusted market information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: (0) (1)

8. A system, comprising: (5) (9)

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to perform operations comprising:

communicating information between a seller and a buyer of a first instrument that represents a production share of verifiable physical goods over a central service layer, the verifiable physical goods comprising a unit of precious metal, wherein the central service layer is configured to facilitate transactions of a plurality of first instruments, and wherein the first instrument is recorded in a data store with the plurality of first instruments;

after creation of the first instrument by the system, having a connection to another system that is forming the unit of precious metal and, during formation of the unit of precious metal, is injecting a substance into the precious metal while the precious metal is in liquid form to form a unique physical pattern of shapes that remains within the unit of precious metal, the unique physical pattern being received by the system;

recording the unique physical pattern in association with the first instrument so that the specific unit of precious metal represented by the first instrument is verifiable;

recording a second instrument in the data store, wherein the second instrument represents second physical goods corresponding to the verifiable physical goods, the second physical goods being pledged by a guarantor in communication with the central service layer;

associating the second instrument recorded in the data store with the first instrument using an identifier that refers to both the first and second instruments to form a family relationship between the first instrument and the second instrument, wherein the family relationship establishes that an amount of the second physical goods of the second instrument covers an amount of the physical goods of the production share of the first instrument;

executing a purchase by the buyer of the first instrument from the seller with the central service layer; and

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first instrument specifies terms for purchase of the verifiable physical goods from a source by the buyer; the operations further comprising providing a third instrument associated with the identifier and in the family relationship with corresponding first and second instruments, the third instrument representing a contingency right to purchase the production share represented by the corresponding first instrument in event of non-purchase by the buyer holding the corresponding first instrument. (1) (0)

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the first instrument references a specific physical good of the verifiable physical goods, and wherein the specific physical good is associated with the identifier. (0)

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the identifier is fixed on a specific physical good corresponding to one of the instruments. (0)

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors, coupled to the memory, are further configured to perform: (0) (2)

14. The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: (0) (1)

15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, execution of which, by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising: (4) (7)

communicating information between a seller and a buyer of a first instrument that represents a production share of verifiable physical goods, the communicating being over a central service layer of the computing device, the verifiable physical goods comprising a unit of precious metal, wherein the central service layer is configured to facilitate transactions of a plurality of first instruments, and wherein the first instrument is recorded in a data store with the plurality of first instruments;

after creation of the first instrument in the data store, providing a connection to a system that is forming the unit of precious metal and, during formation of the unit of precious metal, is injecting a substance into the precious metal while the precious metal is in liquid form to form a unique physical pattern of shapes that remains within the unit of precious metal, the unique physical pattern being received by the computing device;

recording the unique physical pattern in association with the first instrument so that the specific unit of precious metal represented by the first instrument is verifiable;

translating market information regarding the production share from the relationship between the first instrument and the second instrument accessed from the data store using the identifier and integrating the market information regarding the production share into adjusted market information, the identifier condensing an amount of raw information used in translating the market information; and

transmitting the market information regarding the production share and the adjusted market information to devices connected over the central service layer.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the first instrument specifies terms for purchase of the verifiable physical goods from a source by the buyer; the operations further comprising providing a third instrument associated with the identifier and in the family relationship with corresponding first and second instruments, the third instrument representing a contingency right to purchase the production share represented by the corresponding first instrument in event of non-purchase by the buyer holding the corresponding first instrument. (2) (0)

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the source comprises a precious metals mine. (0)

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the translating comprises: (0) (2)

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the first instrument references a specific physical good of the verifiable physical goods, and wherein the specific physical good is marked with the identifier. (0)

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the identifier is fixed on a specific physical good corresponding to one of the instruments. (0)

21. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, the operations further comprising: (0) (1)

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Patent US11055777

Identifiable physical form, sales instruments, and information marketplace for commodity trades

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