Systems and methods for distributing entitlements using physical objects
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorMelissa Soucie
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Abstract
A method for distributing entitlements to users includes detecting that a card has been docked with a first handheld device of a first user, wherein the first handheld device is configured to releasably hold and display the card while in a docked state, reading a unique code from the card using the first handheld device, transmitting the unique code from the first handheld device to a server associated with a database of user accounts, associating within the database an account of the first user and the unique code, and providing an entitlement to the first user in at least one of a digital environment or physical environment responsive to the account of the first user and the unique code being associated.
Claims24
A method for distributing entitlements to one or more users, the method comprising:
- detecting that a card has been docked with a first handheld device of a first user, wherein the first handheld device is configured to releasably hold and display the card while in a docked state;
- reading a unique code from the card using the first handheld device;
- transmitting the unique code from the first handheld device to a server associated with a database of user accounts;
- associating within the database an account of the first user and the unique code;
- and
- providing an entitlement to the first user in at least one of a digital environment or a physical environment responsive to the account of the first user and the unique code being associated.
A system for distributing entitlements to one or more users, the system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory programmed with instructions that cause the at least one processor to:
- detect that a card has been docked with a first handheld device of a first user, wherein the first handheld device is configured to releasably hold and display the card while in a docked state;
- read a unique code from the card using the first handheld device;
- transmit the unique code from the first handheld device to a server associated with a database of user accounts;
- associate within the database an account of the first user and the unique code;
- and
- provide an entitlement to the first user in at least one of a digital environment or a physical environment responsive to the account of the first user and the unique code being associated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.