Systems and methods for player-initiated proof of in-game participation by unique digital articles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11813532-B2
Application number	US-202117461765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2021
Priority date	May 28, 2021
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods to support player-initiated proof of in-game participation by unique digital articles in in-game events are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; record usage information pertaining to player-owned unique digital articles on a permanent registry; present a player interface for a player to select an in-game event; store video information of the selected in-game event; and record references to the stored video information on the permanent registry such that the video information is accessible for viewing by users of the permanent registry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system configured to support player-initiated proof of in-game participation within an online gaming platform by unique digital articles in in-game events, wherein the unique digital articles are correlated with in-game player-controllable virtual items, the system comprising:
the online gaming platform including one or more hardware 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 players, and implement in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to in-game action instructions for the in-game actions by the players, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the instance of the game, wherein the players include a first player and a second player;
manage player accounts associated with the players, wherein the player accounts include a first player account associated with the first player and a second player account associated with the second player, wherein the first player controls a first unique digital article that is correlated with a first in-game player-controllable virtual item; and
generate sets of instructions to record and/or modify a first set of usage information pertaining to the first unique digital article, wherein the first set of usage information includes first metadata specific to the first unique digital article;

a registry server including one or more processors configured by one or more machine-readable instructions to:
execute a particular set of instructions to record, on a permanent registry, the first set of usage information;

wherein the one or more hardware processors included in the online gaming platform are further configured to:
present, on a first client computing platform, a first player interface to the first player, wherein the first player interface is configured to receive player input from the first player, wherein the first player interface enables, through the player input, the first player to select a first in-game event that the first in-game player-controllable virtual item has participated in, wherein the first in-game event is associated with a first set of video information, wherein the first set of video information depicts the first in-game player-controllable virtual item participating in the first in-game event;
store the first set of video information at a first location in electronic storage; and
responsive to receiving the player input, generate a first set of instructions to record a first modification of the first metadata; and

wherein the one or more processors included in the registry server are further configured to:
execute the first set of instructions to record, on the permanent registry, the first modification of the first metadata, wherein the first modification adds a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the first metadata, wherein the URL refers to the first location of the first set of video information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first metadata is recorded on the permanent registry.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first location in electronic storage is either electronic storage associated with the online gaming platform or external electronic storage that is external to the system and to the online gaming platform.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first in-game event includes at least one of a competition, a battle, a race, a hunt, and a search.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein participation in the first in-game event implies an in-game accomplishment by the first player.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of video information is based on the views of the game, determined during the execution of the instance of the game, that are specific to the first player controlling the first in-game player-controllable virtual item during occurrence of the first in-game event.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
present, through a user interface on a client computing platform, information regarding the first in-game player-controllable virtual item to the first player, wherein the information includes the first set of video information.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface further enables, through particular player input, the player to:
transfer the first unique digital article from the permanent registry to a public permanent registry such that, subsequent to the transfer, the first unique digital article is no longer recorded on the permanent registry but is recorded on the public permanent registry.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first set of video information is publicly accessible.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first in-game player-controllable virtual item is a first in-game player-controllable character, wherein the first set of video information further depicts either the first player or the first in-game player-controllable character attending a particular real-world event within a particular time frame.

11. A method of player-initiated proof of in-game participation within an online gaming platform by unique digital articles in in-game events, wherein the unique digital articles are correlated with in-game player-controllable virtual items, the method comprising:
executing, within the online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to players, and implementing in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to in-game action instructions for the in-game actions by the players, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the instance of the game, wherein the players include a first player and a second player;
managing player accounts associated with the players, wherein the player accounts include a first player account associated with the first player and a second player account associated with the second player, wherein the first player controls a first unique digital article that is correlated with a first in-game player-controllable virtual item;
generating sets of instructions to record and/or modify a first set of usage information pertaining to the first unique digital article, wherein the first set of usage information includes first metadata specific to the first unique digital article;
executing a particular set of instructions to record, on a permanent registry, the first set of usage information;
presenting a first player interface to the first player;
receiving player input, through the first player interface, such that the first player selects a first in-game event that the first in-game player-controllable virtual item has participated in, wherein the first in-game event is associated with a first set of video information, wherein the first set of video information depicts the first in-game player-controllable virtual item participating in the first in-game event;
storing the first set of video information at a first location in electronic storage;
responsive to receiving the player input, generating a first set of instructions to record a first modification of the first metadata; and
executing the first set of instructions to record, on the permanent registry, the first modification of the first metadata, wherein the first modification adds a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the first metadata, wherein the URL refers to the first location of the first set of video information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the first metadata is recorded on the

Assignees

• Mythical Inc

Inventors

• Koch Rudy
• Linden John

Classifications

• A63F13/792 Primary

  for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions · 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

• A63F13/49

  Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game · CPC title

• A63F13/79

  involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories · CPC title

• A63F13/87

  Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat · CPC title