Adaptable NFT Digital File State Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Non-Fungible Token (NFT) systems lack the ability to adapt or alter the digital files from which NFTs are generated, limiting their functionality in indicating changes in state or authenticity.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for the adaptation or alteration of digital files referenced by NFTs through NFT metadata-defined adaptation rules and criteria, enabling predefined conditions or events to trigger digital file changes, such as changes in image, audio, or video content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If NFTs are made immutable and stored on blockchain, then authenticity and ownership verification is improved, but the ability to adapt or alter digital files is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the NFT into two distinct components: an immutable on-chain token that stores only identification and ownership data, and an adaptable off-chain digital file that can be modified. This segmentation allows the NFT to maintain its authenticating function while the digital file provides adaptability for indicating different states.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces metadata as an intermediary layer between the immutable NFT and the adaptable digital file. The metadata stores adaptation rules and criteria that mediate between the fixed NFT structure and the flexible digital file content, enabling state indication without compromising NFT immutability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital files are stored off-chain, then adaptability and state indication capability is improved, but data security and authenticity control is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the digital file's identification and ownership information on the blockchain, while the actual adaptable file content is stored off-chain. This copying approach maintains security through distributed verification while enabling adaptability through off-chain storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the adaptable digital file content from the traditional on-chain NFT structure and places it off-chain, taking only the essential identification and ownership metadata on-chain. This extraction maintains security through the immutable on-chain record while enabling full adaptability in the off-chain file.
3Adaptability or versatility
If NFT metadata includes adaptation rules, then state indication functionality is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The metadata structure is designed to be universal, accommodating multiple types of adaptation rules and criteria for different states (e.g., authentication status, event progression, rarity levels). This multi-functional metadata approach consolidates complexity into a single adaptable structure rather than requiring separate systems for each state indication.
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AI summary
The invention relates to adaptation/alteration of a digital file referenced to a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) via NFT metadata-defined adaptation rules and criteria, i.e., predefined conditions or events that trigger the occurrence of digital file adaptation. The adapted digital file may be presented to indicate a change in a state associated with a specific type of NFT. The NFT may be an authentication NFT used to verify the identity of a user/users, and the digital file may be presented within computing networks or applications for conveying user authenticity to other users within the computing network or application. The predefined conditions are security events that have a positive/negative impact on the authenticity of the user or group of users. Occurrence of one or more of the predefined security events triggers adaptation and presentation of the adapted digital file indicating an increase/decrease in the level of authenticity associated with the user/users.