Non-Fungible Tokens for Anonymous Personalized Gaming

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Solution Overview

Problem

Gaming establishments struggle to create a loyal customer base by providing personalized and unique gaming experiences while respecting patrons' desire for anonymity and facilitating transactions of digital assets.

Innovation Solution

A system that utilizes non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to memorialize gaming sessions, allowing users to accumulate, modify, and transact NFTs based on gaming events, enabling personalized experiences without requiring identification, and providing a marketplace for NFTs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional player loyalty programs are used to track and personalize gaming experiences, then customer loyalty and personalized service are improved, but patron anonymity is compromised and system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized gaming experienceVSAvoidpatron anonymity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as an intermediary between the gaming system and patrons. These NFTs serve as anonymous identifiers that enable personalized experiences without requiring the system to know or store actual patron identities. The NFTs act as a mediator that bridges the need for personalization and the desire for anonymity, allowing the system to track gaming preferences and provide customized services while maintaining patron privacy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If non-fungible tokens are created for each gaming session to enable personalized experiences, then customer loyalty and personalization are improved, but device complexity and transaction overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized gaming experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal NFT system that can be applied across multiple gaming devices and sessions. Instead of creating entirely new tracking mechanisms for each device, the same NFT-based approach works universally across the gaming establishment. The NFTs serve multiple functions: identifying patrons, tracking gaming preferences, enabling personalization, and facilitating transactions. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity compared to implementing separate solutions for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If a marketplace for non-fungible tokens is introduced to facilitate transactions, then liquidity and engagement are improved, but system complexity and transaction costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction liquidityVSAvoidmarketplace system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the NFT marketplace functionality with the existing gaming system infrastructure. Rather than creating a completely separate marketplace platform, the system integrates token creation, trading, and redemption functions into the existing gaming architecture. The marketplace operations are combined with game play sessions, allowing patrons to earn, trade, and redeem NFTs as part of their natural gaming flow. This integration reduces the complexity overhead of maintaining a separate marketplace system while still providing liquidity and engagement benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250322723A1Non-fungible tokens in gaming
Publication Date: 2025.10.16 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods that utilize non-fungible tokens in association with the occurrence of gaming environment events.