Systems and methods for a seller-initiated peer-to-peer exchange of a non-fungible digital asset
AssigneeMythical, Inc.
InventorRudy Koch
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Abstract
Systems and methods for using shared user inventory information to initiate peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets that are usable within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an offer request for the transfer of ownership of a first digital asset from a first user to a second user; if the offer according to the offer request is accepted, transfer the ownership of the first digital asset as requested.
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A system configured for seller-initiated peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets that are usable within an online gaming platform, wherein the digital assets are not fungible, the system comprising:
- 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 a 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 an 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 execution of individual ones of the received instructions includes invoking one or more function calls of an Application Programming Interface (API), wherein the API is configured to provide interactive communication between the blockchain and one or more external payment application servers, including a particular external payment application server;
- the particular external payment application server, wherein the particular external payment application server includes one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- receive, on behalf of the first user, an offer request that represents an offer to transfer the ownership of a first digital asset from the first user to the second user;
- transfer, to a second client computing platform associated with the second user, the offer request;
- receive, on behalf of the second user, an acceptance of the offer to transfer the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to the second user;
- generate a first set of instructions for the decentralized ledger server to accomplish the transfer as offered in the offer 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;
- in accordance with 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.
A method for seller-initiated peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets that are usable within an online gaming platform, wherein the digital assets are not fungible, wherein rights pertaining to the digital assets are recorded on a blockchain implemented by a decentralized ledger server, wherein the rights reflect ownership of the digital assets, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an external payment application server, on behalf of a first user, an offer request that represents an offer to transfer ownership of a first digital asset from the first user to a second user;
- transferring, to a second client computing platform associated with the second user, the offer request;
- receiving, on behalf of the second user, an acceptance of the offer to transfer the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to the second user;
- generating, by the external payment application server, a first set of instructions for the decentralized ledger server to accomplish the transfer as offered in the offer request;
- transferring the first set of instructions to the decentralized ledger server;
- receiving the first set of instructions;
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- transferring the ownership of the first digital asset from the first user to the second user in accordance with the received first set of instructions, such that the rights as recorded on the blockchain no longer reflect the ownership of the first digital asset by the first user, wherein execution of individual instructions in the first set of instructions includes invoking one or more function calls of an Application Programming Interface (API), wherein the API is configured to provide interactive communication between the blockchain and one or more external payment application servers, including the external payment application server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.