Gamified Participatory Recommender System (US Patent Application 17/401,166) is a patent application filed in August 2021 on behalf of Artmatcher by lead inventor Matt Artz and Geoffrey Speicher, and published in February 2023. The patent was assigned to Artnado LLC, Artmatcher’s parent entity.
The system addresses fairness in digital art markets by combining content-based and collaborative filtering with a behavioral capital metric. Rather than recommending artwork and profiles based solely on popularity or social connections, the system calculates a participation score derived from engagement (sessions, duration, shares), cooperation (connections, messaging), and action (reports, blocks, removals). This approach rewards active community participation and is designed to surface artists who lack established economic or social capital.