Blockchain Smart Contracts for In-Game User Group Incentives

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current online gaming platforms lack effective mechanisms to incentivize specific in-game user behaviors and activities within user groups, limiting the ability to create and manage group agreements that reward users for their actions and interactions.

Innovation Solution

A system utilizing machine-readable instructions and decentralized ledger technology to enable administrators to define and enforce group agreements, propose activities, and provide incentives to users, with features like smart contracts on a blockchain to record and execute these agreements, ensuring transparent and secure transactions of digital assets and benefits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional centralized systems are used to manage user incentives, then administrative control is simplified, but system security and transparency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem securityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional centralized mechanical control systems with a decentralized blockchain-based system. Smart contracts automatically execute incentive distributions based on predefined rules, eliminating the need for manual administrative intervention while enhancing security through cryptographic verification and distributed ledger technology.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces smart contracts as intermediaries between administrators and users. These self-executing contracts automatically enforce group agreements and distribute incentives based on verified user activities, providing transparent and tamper-proof mediation without requiring trusted central authorities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If manual incentive distribution is used, then system complexity is reduced, but incentive reliability and transparency are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveincentive reliabilityVSAvoidcontract management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service through smart contracts that automatically monitor user activities, verify agreement compliance, and distribute incentives without manual intervention. The system autonomously executes incentive distributions based on predefined conditions, ensuring consistency and eliminating human error while maintaining full transparency through blockchain recording.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes automated feedback loops where smart contracts continuously monitor user activities, compare them against group agreement criteria, and automatically adjust incentive distributions. This real-time feedback mechanism ensures incentive reliability by immediately rewarding compliant behaviors and preventing fraudulent claims.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If centralized administrative control is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but user trust and system transparency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser trustVSAvoidadministrative operation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional control model by shifting power from centralized administrators to decentralized smart contracts and users. Instead of administrators manually controlling incentive distribution, the system allows users to define group agreements that are automatically enforced by immutable smart contracts, thereby building trust through transparency while reducing administrative burden.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

4Reliability

If traditional ledger systems are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but security and immutability of transaction records are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction securityVSAvoidledger system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional centralized ledger systems with a decentralized blockchain ledger. This substitution provides enhanced security through cryptographic hashing, distributed storage across multiple nodes, and immutable transaction records that cannot be altered without consensus from the network, fundamentally transforming how transaction integrity is maintained.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12036477B2Systems and methods to enable administrators to incentivize in-game user behaviors and in-game user activities via group agreements that govern user groups within an online game

Publication Date: 2024.07.16 MYTHICAL INC

AI summary

Systems and methods to enable administrators to incentivize one or both of particular in-game user behaviors and particular in-game user activities via group agreements that govern user groups within an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate presentation of an administrative agreement interface that enables administrators to: define a formation proposal of a new group agreement to be formed, formation incentives thereof, and prospective users for the new group agreements, and define an activity proposal of proposed activities for a user group and activity incentives thereof; receive an indication of acceptance to form the new group agreement, generate instructions to form the new group agreement as a smart contract and transmit such to a decentralized ledger server for recordation; provide the formation incentives to the prospective users subsequent to the generation; receive indication of execution of the activities and responsively provide the activity incentives to the user group.