US 11,998,850 B2
Systems and methods for distribution of personalized in-game benefits based on unique digital articles that are recorded on a public permanent registry
Cameron Thacker, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Mythical, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by Mythical, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,778.
Application 17/824,778 is a continuation of application No. 17/517,064, filed on Nov. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,383,168.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133376 A1, May 4, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.01); A63F 13/67 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/67 (2014.09) [A63F 13/53 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to distribute unique digital articles to user accounts of a first permanent registry, wherein the first permanent registry is a public permanent registry that is an append-only blockchain, and to facilitate personalized in-game benefits for players on an online gaming platform, wherein the user accounts include a first user account, and wherein the players include a first player, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
present an administrative user interface that enables an administrative user to select and/or define a set of one or more unique digital articles to be distributed to one or more of the user accounts, wherein the set of one or more unique digital articles includes a first unique digital article that is associated with a first in-game user-controllable character, wherein the first in-game user-controllable character is usable in the online gaming platform;
receive recorded information that has been recorded on the first permanent registry, wherein the recorded information includes ownership information for a set of user accounts on the first permanent registry, wherein the ownership information reflects at least that the first user account has particular ownership of a particular unique digital article;
determine, based on the recorded information, whether individual user accounts in the set of user accounts are eligible for distributions of the unique digital articles;
generate a set of instructions to record ownership of the set of one or more unique digital articles on the first permanent registry as being owned by the individual user accounts in the set of user accounts, including recording a first ownership by the first user account of the first unique digital article;
monitor in-game activity in the online gaming platform for use of the first unique digital article, wherein the monitored in-game activity includes use of the first unique digital article by the first player through the first in-game user-controllable character in the online gaming platform;
establish a correlation between the first user account and the first player, based on the monitored in-game activity, wherein the correlation includes a link between a first player account of the first player in the online gaming platform and the first user account on the first permanent registry;
transfer and/or present an offer to the first player, wherein the offer is based on information pertaining to the first user account, wherein the offer includes distributing a second unique digital article to the first player, wherein the second unique digital article is associated with a particular in-game character or item configured to provide a personalized in-game benefit in the online gaming platform; and
responsive to receipt of an acceptance of the offer, distributing the particular in-game character or item to the first player, such that the particular in-game character or item is added to a first player inventory, and further such that ownership of the second unique digital article is recorded on the first permanent registry as being the first user account, and wherein the first player inventory is associated with the first player account of the first player in the online gaming platform.