Linking digital and physical non-fungible items
AssigneeAethon Operations, LLC
InventorsJason Sean Gagne-Keats, Gary Anderson, Wolfgang Wesley Muller, Jean-Baptiste Charles Theou
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Abstract
The technology relates to a technique for representing a unique physical asset such as a smartphone with a unique (singular) digital asset such as a non-fungible token (NFT). The NFT and related metadata can be stored on a blockchain to verify ownership of the digital asset. In one example, the NFT is produced based on a unique identifier (IMEI) for the smartphone. Other examples of physical assets with unique identifiers include automobiles, real property, etc.
Claims20
A method performed by a computing system for linking digital non-fungible items and physical non-fungible items, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a physical computing device, a confirmation number that is generated by a computer program executing on the physical computing device and that is representative of a cryptographic hash of a first identifier that is associated with the physical computing device;
- decrypting the confirmation number so as to extract the first identifier;
- establishing whether the computer program is presently owned by an individual that is associated with the physical computing device based on a comparison of the first identifier to a second identifier that is known to be associated with the physical computing device;
- generating a cryptographic token in response to a determination that the first identifier matches the second identifier, indicating that the computer program is presently owned by the individual;
- committing the cryptographic token to a blockchain;
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- assigning the cryptographic token to the computer program executing on the physical computing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- generating a cryptographic token using a unique identifier of a physical device;
- committing the cryptographic token to a blockchain;
- assigning the cryptographic token to a cryptography-based storage application of the physical device;
- receiving a shipping request for the physical device, the shipping request including a physical address;
- transmitting a request to a shipping system for transferring the physical device to the physical address;
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- causing a transfer of the cryptographic token to a second cryptography-based storage application based on the request for transferring the physical device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a first cryptography-based storage application executing on a user device, a confirmation that includes or references an identifier that is associated with the user device;
- confirming the first cryptography-based storage application is owned by a user who owns the user device by comparing the identifier included or referenced in the confirmation to a previously known identifier;
- minting a cryptographic token based on the identifier;
- assigning the cryptographic token to the first cryptography-based storage application;
- receiving, from the first cryptography-based storage application, a request for transference of the cryptographic token,
- wherein the request for transference indicates a destination cryptographic address corresponding to a second cryptography-based storage application;
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- assigning the cryptographic token to the second cryptography-based storage application at the destination cryptographic address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.