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WIPO i PCT

(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PI BLISIIED LNDER THE PATENT COOPERATiON TREATY (PCT)

(19) World Intcllcctual Propcrtj Organ i/ation

Internationa! Burcau

(43) International Puhlication Datę

26 March 2020 (26.03.2020)

(10) International Publication Number

\V() 2020/060606 Al

(51) International Patent Clavufkation:

G06Q 20/06 (2012 01) C06Q 30/02 (2012.01) G06Q 20/32 (2012.01) CW6N 3A>9 (2006.01) linii. 9/32 (2006.01)

(21)    International Application Number

PCT/US2019/038084

(22)    International Filing Datę:

20 Junc 2019(2006.2019)

(25)    Filing Language:    English

(26)    Publication Language:    Eiędish

(30) Priority Data:

16/138.518    21 Scptembcr 2018(21.09.2018) US

(71) Applkant:    MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY Ll-

CENSING, LLC |US/US|; One Microsoft Way. Redmond. Washington 98052-6399 (US)

(72) ln\cnton: ABRAMSON. Dustm Microsoft Technology Liccnsing. LLC. One Microsoft Way. Redmond. Wash-liigton 98052-6399 (US). FU, Derrick. Microsoft Technolog) Liccnsing. LLC. One Microsoft Way. Redmond. Washington 98052-6399 (US). JOHNSON. Joseph Edwin, JR.. Microsoft Technolog) Licensmg. LLC. One Microsoft Way. Redmond. Washington 98052-6399 (US)

(74) Agent: MINII AS, Sandip S. et al. Microsoft Technolog) Liccnsing. LLC. One Microsoft Way. Redmond. Waslung-ton 98052-6399 (US).

(81) Designated States duiless othenuse rndteated. for e\ery kind of naiionał prołecłion (nailab/n AE. AG. AL. AM. AO. AT. AU. AZ. BA. BB. BG. BH. BN. BR. BW. BY. BZ. CA. CII. CL. CN. CO. CR.CU. CZ. DE. DJ. DK. DM. DO. DZ. EC. EE. EG. ES. FI. GB. GD. GE. GIL GM. GT. HN. HR. HU. ID. IL. IN. IR. IS. JO. JP. KE. KG. KIL KN. KP. KR. KW. KZ. LA. LC. LK. LR. LS. LU. LY. MA. MD. ME. MG. MK. MN. MW. MX. MY. MZ. NA. NG. NI. NO. NZ. OM. PA. PE, PG. PIL PL. PT. O A. RO. RS. RU. RW. SA.

\VO 2020/060606 Al

(57) Ahstract: Humań bod) activit) associatcd w uh a task pro\ ided to a uscr ma) be uscd iii a minmg proccss of a cryptocurrcncy system A sen er may pro\ ide a task to a dc\icc of a user which is communicamcly couplcd to the sen er A sensor conimunicatncly couplcd to or compriscd iii the dc\ icc of tlić uscr may sense body actn ity of the uscr Body acti\ i ty data may be generated bascd on the sensed body actn ity of the uscr. The en ptocurrcncy system conimunicatncly couplcd to the dc\icc of the uscr may \cnfy if the body acti\ ity data satisfics one or morę conditions set by the ery ptocuncncy sy stem. and award en ptoeuncncy to the uscr whosc body actn ity data is Ncrificd.

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