Systems and methods for peer-to-peer exchanges of non-fungible digital assets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11138580-B1
Application number	US-202117141833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jan 5, 2021
Priority date	Jan 5, 2021
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets that are usable within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: execute an instance of a game; receive an inventory request for information regarding a first user inventory; access a blockchain to obtain asset information; transfer the asset information in response to the inventory request; receive a transfer request to transfer ownership of a first digital asset from a first user to a second user; transfer the ownership of the first digital asset as requested.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system configured for peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets, wherein the digital assets are not fungible, the system comprising:
an online gaming platform configured to host one or more games, wherein the online gaming platform includes one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
execute, within the online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to users, and implement in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to action requests for the in-game actions by the users, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the game, wherein the users include a first user that interacts with the online gaming platform;
manage users accounts associated with the users, including a first user account associated with the first user, wherein the first user account includes a first user inventory; and

a decentralized ledger server configured to implement a blockchain, wherein the decentralized ledger server includes one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
record, on the blockchain, rights pertaining to digital assets, wherein the recorded rights reflect ownership of a first digital asset by the first user, wherein the first digital asset is not fungible and either:
(i) is usable within the online gaming platform to perform an individual in-game action in the instance of the game, or
(ii) represents a three-dimensional in-game user-controllable character that can interact with other virtual items within the online gaming platform, or
(iii) both (i) and (ii); and

receive instructions to modify the recorded rights;

wherein the one or more processors included in the online gaming platform are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:
receive, on behalf of the first user, an inventory request for information regarding the first user inventory, wherein the inventory request is received from an external payment application server that includes a first external user account associated with the first user, the external payment application server being configured to support exchanges involving fiat currency, and wherein the first user account is separate and different from the first external user account;
access the blockchain to obtain asset information about one or more of the digital assets such that the recorded rights of the one or more digital assets reflect ownership by the first user, wherein the one or more digital assets include the first digital asset;
transfer, to the external payment application server, information based on the obtained asset information in response to the inventory request;
receive, from the external payment application server, a transfer request to transfer the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to a second user;
generate a first set of instructions for the decentralized ledger server to accomplish the transfer as requested in the transfer request;
transfer the first set of instructions to the decentralized ledger server;

wherein the one or more processors included in the decentralized ledger server are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:
receive the first set of instructions from the online gaming platform;
in accordance with execution of the received first set of instructions, transfer the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to the second user, such that the recorded rights on the blockchain no longer reflect the ownership of the first digital asset by the first user, wherein transferring the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to the second user involves an exchange of consideration supported by the external payment application server.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors of the online gaming platform are configured such that the inventory request is received on behalf of the first user from a first client computing platform associated with the first user, and such that the information based on the obtained asset information is transferred to the first client computing platform in response to the inventory request.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors of the online gaming platform are further configured to:
receive user input from the first user, wherein the user input provides entry and/or selection of one or more digital assets to be excluded from the transferred information in response to the inventory request.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transferred information includes a three-dimensional visual representation of the three-dimensional in-game user-controllable character represented by the first digital asset.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the recorded rights on the blockchain reflect the ownership of the first digital asset by the second user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the received first set of instructions effectuates recording the ownership of the first digital asset by the second user on a second blockchain that is different from the blockchain.

7. A method for facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets, wherein rights pertaining to the digital assets are recorded on a blockchain implemented by a decentralized ledger server, wherein the rights reflect ownership, the method comprising:
executing, within an online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to users, and implementing in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to action requests for the in-game actions by the users, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the game, wherein the users include a first user that interacts with the online gaming platform;
managing users accounts associated with the users, including a first user account associated with the first user, wherein the first user account includes a first user inventory;
receiving, on behalf of the first user, an inventory request for information regarding the first user inventory, wherein the inventory request is received from an external payment application server that includes a first external user account associated with the first user, wherein the external payment application server supports exchanges involving fiat currency, and wherein the first user account is separate and different from the first external user account;
accessing the blockchain to obtain asset information about one or more of the digital assets such that the rights of the one or more digital assets reflect ownership by the first user, wherein the one or more digital assets include a first digital asset, wherein the first digital asset is not fungible and either (i) is usable within the online gaming platform to perform an individual in-game action in the instance of the game, or (ii) represents a three-dimensional in-game user-controllable character that can interact with other virtual items within the online gaming platform, or (iii) both (i) and (ii);
transferring, to the external payment application server, information based on the obtained asset information in response to the inventory request;
receiving, from the external payment application server, a transfer request to transfer the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to a second user;
generating a first set of instructions for the decentralized ledger server to accomplish the transfer as requested in the transfer request;
transferring the first set of instructions to the decentralized ledger server;
receiving the first set of instructions from the online gaming platform; and
transferring, in accordance with execution of the received first set of instructions, the

Assignees

• Mythical Inc

Inventors

• Koch Rudy

Classifications

• A63F2300/575

  for trading virtual items · CPC title

• A63F13/792

  for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions · CPC title

• A63F13/71

  using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players · CPC title

• A63F13/352

  involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world · CPC title

• G07F17/3225

  Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users · CPC title