3D Content Contribution Tracking With Hash-Based Reward Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing 3D digital content in distributed and non-centralized design processes are complex and time-consuming, failing to reliably allocate economic rewards to authors due to the difficulty in tracking and verifying modifications across different systems and timeframes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method using a distributed server system with blockchain technology to track and verify modifications by assigning timestamps, author identities, and creative contribution indices, generating cryptographic hashes to create a transparent and reliable record of contributions, enabling accurate allocation of economic rewards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a distributed and non-centralized design model is used to allow multiple users to contribute to 3D digital content, then the adaptability and collaboration capability are improved, but the complexity of tracking and verifying modifications increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized server as an intermediary that coordinates the distributed design process. The server receives modification data from multiple users, assigns unique identification codes to each modification layer, and maintains a master file that integrates all contributions. This intermediary approach enables collaborative adaptability while centralizing the tracking and verification functions to manage complexity.
2Measurement precision
If manual review and comparison of final digital content with initial model is performed to allocate economic rewards, then the measurement precision of contribution assessment can be improved, but the time consumption and process complexity increase extremely
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by automatically assigning unique identification codes to each modification layer as it is created, and by pre-integrating these layers into a master file with proper attribution. This preliminary structuring of data enables precise contribution tracking without requiring time-consuming manual review later, as the system already contains all necessary information organized by author and modification sequence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of reviewing and comparing digital content with an automated computer-implemented system. The server automatically tracks modifications, assigns identification codes, and calculates contribution metrics based on the structured data in the master file. This substitution eliminates time-consuming manual operations while maintaining or improving measurement precision through systematic automated tracking.
3Productivity
If multiple modification layers are accumulated from different users over time, then the creative contribution and value of the final product are improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring individual contributions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the final digital content into distinct modification layers, each associated with a specific user and timestamp. Each layer receives a unique identification code that segments the contribution data by author, modification type, and sequence. This segmentation enables the system to detect and measure individual contributions within the accumulated multi-layer content without confusion or loss of attribution.
Data Source
AI summary
In a method of managing 3D digital content in a computer system, including a distributed server, a connection network to which the distributed server is connected, a plurality of client devices connected to the connection network and associated with respective users participating in the creation and modification of 3D digital content, starting from an initial 3D digital content, it is provided that, at the conclusion of a process of elaborating the final 3D digital content, the selling price and production cost of a product obtained from the final 3D digital content in a production process are computed, determining an added value and a share thereof to be distributed among the authors of the initial 3D digital content and of the layers added thereto; to then elaborate, for each author, a share percentage due based on management parameters obtainable from the tree structure of the cryptographic hashes assigned to each layer.