Patent ID: 11865458
Assignee: MYTHICAL, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. An item dispensing device configured to exchange tradeable items between users of an online gaming platform, wherein the individual tradeable items are real-world physical items that are associated with one or more user accounts of the users of the online gaming platform, wherein the one or more user accounts are associated with one or more of the users, wherein the individual tradeable items are associated with one or more game assets and facilitate modifying the one or more game assets, the item dispensing device comprising:
a repository configured to store tradeable items, wherein the tradeable items include an outgoing tradeable item, such that the outgoing tradeable item is identified by outgoing-item-identifying information;
an item receptacle configured to receive other tradeable items from one or more users and store the other tradeable items in the repository such that an incoming tradeable item is received from a user and stored in the repository, wherein the incoming tradeable item is identified by incoming-item-identifying information;
a dispenser configured to dispense individual tradeable items from the repository to the one or more users in response to receiving one of the other tradeable items from the one or more users via the item receptacle;
one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
determine whether the incoming tradeable item is a valid tradeable item within the online gaming platform by:
(i) identifying the incoming tradeable item based on the incoming-item-identifying information; and
(ii) verifying the incoming-item-identifying information corresponds to a particular valid tradeable item within the online gaming platform; and

responsive to determining the incoming tradeable item is valid within the online gaming platform, control the dispenser to dispense the outgoing tradeable item to the user; and

a wireless transponder configured to wirelessly communicate exchange information to one or more exchange controlling processors, wherein the exchange information indicates whether the incoming tradeable item has been exchanged for the outgoing tradeable item, wherein the exchange information indicates receipt of the incoming tradeable item and dispensing of the outgoing tradeable item from the repository.