What is the Operator's role in AIP?
What is the Operator's role in AIP?
The Operator governs participation eligibility, runs selection, determines interaction mode (recommend or delegate), verifies lifecycle events, and manages settlement across all participants.
How does selection work?
How does selection work?
Operators can implement auction-based, rule-based, or hybrid selection. The protocol defines timing constraints, input requirements, and outcome guarantees. Operators define their own scoring logic (balancing value, relevance, and quality).
How is fraud prevented?
How is fraud prevented?
Each message includes a cryptographic signature and nonce. Duplicate or tampered requests are rejected automatically. Operators are the verification authority for all lifecycle events.
How does delegation management work?
How does delegation management work?
When the Operator determines delegate mode, it includes a delegation object in the PlatformResponse. The platform collects user consent, confirms to the Operator, and the Operator initiates the session with the brand agent using scoped context.
How is settlement reconciled?
How is settlement reconciled?
Verified settlement records are aggregated by wallet each period. Operators perform reconciliation before triggering payouts. Only the highest-value event per serve_token is settled.
What happens during a dispute?
What happens during a dispute?
Disputed events are reviewed against ledger records. If invalid, funds revert to the originating wallet and an updated revision_id is recorded.