US 12,217,261 B2
System for accessing non-fungible tokens
Joseph Copeland, Westfield, IN (US); and Tamba Samba, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to Touch NFT, LLC, Westfield, IN (US)
Filed by TouchNFT, LLC, Westfield, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,570.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/246,390, filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085677 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 20/4015 (2020.05) [G06F 21/1015 (2023.08); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
physical access token comprising a first communication circuit including a transmitter circuit and configured to retain a first set of access control data for a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), wherein the first set of access control data comprises (i) an NFT identifier for uniquely identifying the NFT and (ii) verification data specific to the NFT identifier;
an access control system comprising one or more computers, the access control system configured to compare the verification data obtained from the physical access token with a second set of access control data, the second set of access control data maintained in an access control database accessible by the access control system, wherein the access control system is configured to deny access to the NFT when the verification data obtained from the physical access token does not match the second set of access control data in the access control database for the NFT identified by the NFT identifier;
a token reader comprising a second communication circuit including a receiver circuit, wherein the token reader is configured to:
obtain, via the receiver circuit, the first set of access control data from the physical access token via a wireless radio communication from the transmitter circuit, wherein the first and second communication circuits are configured to implement at least one wireless communication protocol selected from a group of: a Near Field Communication (NFC) protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, or a Bluetooth protocol to implement the wireless radio communication, and
transmit, via a computer network, the first set of access control data to the access control system, to provide access to the NFT from an NFT database;
an output device configured to present a digital asset associated with the NFT responsive to the access control system (i) granting access to the NFT based on the comparison of the verification data and the second set of access control data and (ii) causing transmission of the digital asset for presentation by the output device, wherein the output device includes a display device, and the digital asset associated with the NFT defines one or more images for display on the display device, and
a camera operable to capture one or more images of objects within a capture area defined by the camera, wherein the output device is configured to display the one or more images captured by the camera;
wherein an NFT access device that includes the output device is configured to combine the one or more images of the digital asset associated with the NFT with the one or more images captured by the camera to create a combined visual presentation; and
wherein the output device is operable to display the combined visual presentation.