US Patent Issued to Liferay on Aug. 4 for "Managing social equity in a portal platform" (Hungarian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,173, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Liferay Inc. (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

"Managing social equity in a portal platform" was invented by Zsolt Berentey (Budapest, Hungary) and Brian Wing Shun Chan (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An administrator can use a portal platform to manage social equity for social collaboration features of the web sites. A goal is to encourage users to contribute to an online community's social activities such as its blogs, message boards, and wiki pages. The portal platform supports social equity features, where users can earn points for their participation. The administrator can specify a...