Patent ID: 11951400
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G

Claim 16:
17. A system for management of in-game virtual asset transfers via a distributed architecture including a plurality of computing devices, the system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores at least instructions and a blockchain ledger including a plurality of blocks, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices also stores a copy of the blockchain ledger;
a network communication transceiver that receives a message identifying an intended transfer and that transmits a new block to the plurality of computing devices, the intended transfer corresponding to transfer of an identified quantity of an in-game virtual asset from a transferor account to a transferee account, the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset acquired via gameplay of a video game using a device associated with the transferor account by a player associated with the transferor account and used within the video game using a device associated with the transferee account by a player associated with the transferee account upon completion of the intended transfer; and
one or more processors executing the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions via the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:
verify that the device associated with the transferor account and the device associated with the transferee account are authorized to play the video game,
verify that the intended transfer is valid at least by identifying, based on at least one of the plurality of blocks in the blockchain ledger, that the transferor account possesses at least the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset,
generate a hash of a most recent block of the blockchain ledger,
generate a new block header for a new block, wherein the new block header comprises at least the hash of the most recent block of the blockchain ledger,
generate the new block in response to verifying that the device associated with the transferor account and the device associated with the transferee account are authorized to play the video game, wherein the new block comprises at least the intended transfer and the new block header, and
append the new block to the plurality of blocks of the blockchain ledger in response to verifying the intended transfer, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices also appends the new block to their respective copy of the blockchain ledger in response to transmission of the new block to the plurality of computing devices by the network communication transceiver, thereby completing the intended transfer and permitting the device associated with the transferee account to use the in-game virtual asset within the video game.