US 12,265,596 B2
Video game integration of cryptographically secured digital assets
Christopher Andon, Portland, OR (US); Matthew Davis, Portland, OR (US); Hien Tommy Pham, Beaverton, OR (US); and Jeremy Schroeder, Tigard, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/539,089.
Application 18/539,089 is a continuation of application No. 17/699,152, filed on Mar. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,886,552.
Application 17/699,152 is a continuation of application No. 16/707,741, filed on Dec. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,308,184, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 16/707,741 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/423,671, filed on May 28, 2019, granted, now 10,505,726, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/776,699, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111844 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/71 (2014.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/12 (2013.01) [A63F 13/71 (2014.09); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2109 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of integrating a cryptographic digital asset into a digital software application, the digital software application including code that, when executed, displays a character avatar on a display associated with a user device, the character avatar being operably controlled by a user via the user device, the method comprising:
receiving a digital asset identification (ID) code, the digital asset ID code existing together with a unique owner ID code on a distributed blockchain ledger, wherein the digital asset ID code represents the cryptographic digital asset, and wherein the cryptographic digital asset comprises a plurality of attributes;
representing a virtual object on the display via the digital software application, wherein the virtual object has an appearance that is based on the plurality of attributes of the cryptographic digital asset, and wherein the virtual object includes a plurality of object attributes;
modifying at least one of the object attributes according to an aspect of the digital software application or interaction between the character avatar and the virtual object;
representing a modified virtual object on the display via the digital software application, wherein the modified virtual object has an appearance that is based, in part, on the modified object attributes; and
modifying at least one of the plurality of attributes of the cryptographic digital asset according to the modified object attributes or an accomplishment of the user or character avatar within the digital software application; and
transmitting a cryptographic block comprising the digital asset ID code with the modified attributes of the cryptographic digital asset to a distributed blockchain ledger to record the modification.