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US 12,318,682 B2Granted
Trading card package and manufacturing method for same
AssigneeAngel Group Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
Provided is a trading card in which a trading card package and content of the trading card package are linked and the content can be specified, and an illegal act can be found. A manufacturing method for a trading card package includes a step of grouping trading cards on which rareness degree information is printed and a step of packaging the grouped trading cards. Trading card IDs are imparted to the trading cards. In the grouping step, the trading card IDs are registered in a database. A package ID is imparted to a package. The package ID is enclosed in the package or provided on the package. The package ID of the package including the trading cards, the trading card IDs, and the rareness degrees included in the package are associated.
Claims18
A manufacturing method for a trading card package comprising:
- a grouping step of grouping a predetermined number of trading cards to combine the trading cards, which are classified into different rareness degrees, according to predetermined rules and package the trading cards as one package, the trading cards having a plurality of rareness degrees and each being classified into any one of the rareness degrees, and information concerning the rareness degrees being printed on the trading cards;
- and
- a packaging step of packaging, in one package, a group of the trading cards grouped in the grouping step,
- wherein, in the grouping step:
- the trading cards are physically selected and combined to group, in the group of the predetermined number of trading cards forming the group, the trading cards classified into a plurality of different rareness degrees, according to the predetermined rules;
- and
- after physical selection of at least one trading card of the trading cards combined to form the group, content information of the combination is registered in a database based on the at least one trading card physically selected;
- wherein the predetermined rules include that at least one rareness degree of a plurality of the trading cards included in a predetermined number of packages that are collectively handled is present in a predetermined number,
- a package ID for specifying the package is imparted to the package for each package, and a code display representing the package ID is enclosed in the package or provided on the package,
- the package ID of the package including the trading cards and the content information of the combination of the trading cards included in the package are associated in the database, the package ID is a unique ID value,
- whether the plurality of trading cards included in the predetermined number of packages conform to the rules is able to be inspected by referring to the database, and
- authenticity of the trading cards is able to be determined by referring to the package ID in the database.
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A trading card package, comprising:
- trading cards are classified into predetermined rareness degrees, and information concerning the rareness degrees into which the trading cards are classified is respectively imparted to the trading cards,
- a predetermined number of trading cards are grouped in order to combine, according to predetermined rules, the trading cards classified into different rareness degrees and package the trading cards in one package,
- the grouped trading cards are packaged in one package,
- wherein in the group of the predetermined number of trading cards forming the group, the trading cards classified into a plurality of different rareness degrees are combined according to the predetermined rules, and after physical selection of at least one trading card of the trading cards combined to form the group, content information of the combination is registered in a database based on physical selection of the at least one trading card of the trading cards combined to form the group,
- the predetermined rules include that at least one rareness degree of a plurality of the trading cards included in a predetermined number of packages that are collectively handled is present in a predetermined number,
- a package ID for specifying the package is imparted to the package for each package, and a code display representing the package ID is enclosed in the package or provided on the package,
- the package ID of the package including the trading cards and the content information of the combination included in the package are associated in the database, the package ID is a unique ID value,
- whether the plurality of trading cards included in the predetermined number of the packages conform to the rules is able to be inspected by referring to the database, and
- authenticity of the trading cards is able to be determined by referring to the package ID in the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.