Distributed ledger tracking of event data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12472437-B2
Application number	US-202418638598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2024
Priority date	Nov 19, 2018
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

Techniques including data collection, organization and usage are provided, including in connection with computer-based gaming. Methods and systems are provided for establishing a set of data chronicling at least a portion of a duration of a computer-based gaming event that includes at least one user engaging in gaming using a computer or a computer-based device. Event data is obtained for chronicling chronologically ordered in-game events. Hardware and software related data is obtained that relates to the computer or the computer-based device and is relevant to the chronicling of the portion of the gaming event. Utilizing a distributed ledger technology or blockchain, the event data and the hardware and software related data are recorded in establishing the set of data chronicling at least a portion of the duration of the gaming event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-based certification system comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer-readable memory storing software instructions and a notarized ledger; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and that performs the following operations upon execution of the software instructions:
obtaining a digital data set related to a fact determination within event data; notarizing the digital data set as certified data based on predefined criteria related to the fact determination;
creating a notarized block from the certified data; and
linking the notarized block into the notarized ledger.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notarized block includes the certified data.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the notarized block is stored on the notarized ledger.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the certified data is stored separately from the notarized ledger.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notarized block comprises a genesis block of the notarized ledger.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notarized block comprises a terminal block of the notarized ledger.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the predefined criteria is a priori stored in the at least one memory.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the predefined criteria represents a standards criteria.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the standards criteria comprises criteria from a standards entity.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the standards criteria comprises criteria from a notarization body.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the standards criteria comprises criteria from a registrar.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital data set comprises artificial intelligence data.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the artificial intelligence data comprise a trained model.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital data set includes at least one of computer hardware data or computer software data.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital data set comprises event metrics.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further include triggering the operation of notarizing the digital data set based on the metric.

17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital data set comprises gaming data.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the gaming data comprises electronic sports (eSports) data or casino data.

19 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory comprises a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140 compliant memory.

20 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the FIPS 140 compliant memory comprises a FIPS 140-2 level 2 compliant memory.

21 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the notarized ledger comprises at least one of the following types of ledger data structures: a hashgraph, a directed acyclic graph, a centralized blockchain, a semi-centralized blockchain, a distributed blockchain, a linked list, or a local blockchain.

22 . A method for computer-based certification, the method comprising:
obtaining, by at least one processor, a digital data set related to a fact determination within event data; notarizing, by the at least one processor, the digital data set as certified data based on predefined criteria related to the fact determination; creating, by the at least one processor, a notarized block from the certified data; and linking, by the at least one processor, the notarized block into a notarized ledger.

23 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software instructions and a notarized ledger thereon which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, by at least one processor, a digital data set related to a fact determination within event data; notarizing, by the at least one processor, the digital data set as certified data based on predefined criteria related to the fact determination; creating, by the at least one processor, a notarized block from the certified data; and
linking, by the at least one processor, the notarized block into the notarized ledger.

Assignees

• Nant Holdings Ip Llc

Inventors

• Witchey Nicholas J
• Wiacek John
• Soon-Shiong Patrick

Classifications

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