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Management of virtual goods in distributed multi-ledger gambling architecture

AssigneeAmericorp Investments LLC

InventorJordan Simons

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Abstract

Various embodiments provide management of virtual goods. In some embodiments, a gaming platform can be used to provide a secure ledger system for recording money transfer, play action, bets, analytics, gaming statistics, and the like, which are associated with virtual goods. Non-limiting examples of virtual goods comprise: characters; badges/icons; gameplay attributes; virtual money; cryptocurrencies; tokens; digital gifts; gameplay levels/add-ons; and prizes, among other examples. In some examples, gaming systems can directly interact with the distributed multi-ledger architecture for secure and transparent transactions which can also be accessed by auditors, tax authorities, partners, and/or other entities. Some examples may use private and/or public blockchains as part of the distributed multi-ledger gaming architecture. For instance, multiple distributed network nodes may be utilized to manage transaction records.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

one or more processing systems;
one or more computer readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the program instructions, when executed by one or more processing systems, direct the one or more processing systems to:
detect an interaction with a virtual good within a gaming environment, wherein the interaction includes a customized wager involving the virtual good and made within the gaming environment;
responsive to detecting the customized wager, access a virtual good tracking blockchain ledger of a distributed multi-ledger platform;
verify one or more attributes of the virtual good using the virtual good tracking blockchain ledger;
execute a determination to add a new record for the customized wager to the virtual good tracking blockchain ledger, wherein the determination is made by a consensus decision between a subset of multiple nodes associated with the distributed multi-ledger platform;
and
publish the new record to the virtual good tracking blockchain ledger when the subset of multiple nodes reaches the consensus decision to add the new record to the virtual good tracking blockchain ledger.

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Facts

Application: 16/365,157Filed 26 Mar 2019 · division
Priority: 31 Oct 2017
Published: US 2019/0130701 A118 Jul 2019
Granted: 10 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G07F 17/3251
Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes: involving media of variable value,…
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G07F 17/3223
Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof: architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal…
G07F 17/3241
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance

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Application62/579,661Us provisional application · filed 31 Oct 2017
Application62/616,247Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2018
Application62/738,619Us provisional application · filed 28 Sep 2018
Application16/176,864Parent of this division · filed 31 Oct 2018
US 2019/0221076 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Jul 2019
US 10,614,661 B2Parent of this division
US 2019/0130701 A1Published application
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