MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621008741 A) filed by Sage University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Jan. 28, for 'digital marketplace system and method for artisan empowerment.'
Inventor(s) include Ms. Sakshi Agrawal; Abhishek Yadav; Ankit Dhangar; Balchand Dangi; Dr. Ati Jain; and Dr. Ritu Tandon.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A digital marketplace system (102) for artisan empowerment through cultural heritage preservation comprises a database (104), a communication interface (106), a voice input interface (108), and a hardware processor (110). The hardware processor (110) executes an AI-assisted craft tagging operation on product images using a trained convolutional neural network to automatically generate craft classification tags. The hardware processor (110) executes a vernacular language onboarding workflow that converts vernacular language audio input to text-based profile data with visual icon-based navigation for low-literacy artisans. The hardware processor (110) executes an institutional verification operation and generates verification badge indicators with preferential search ranking. The hardware processor (110) executes a low-commission transaction operation charging zero to five percent commission fees to maximize artisan income retention. The hardware processor (110) communicates product listing data with craft classification tags and verification badge indicators to buyer devices (114)."
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