Blockchain Token Management for Immersive Sports Voting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for fan participation in live sporting events lack transparency and immediacy, as coaches retain control over options and can override fan decisions, limiting the impact of fan input on actual games.
Innovation Solution
An interactive sports management system using blockchain technology to manage tokens, allowing fans to influence live game decisions through voting, with player tokens and smart contracts ensuring transparent and immediate impact on the game, and fan engagement is driven by cryptographic utility tokens that reflect voting power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If coaches retain control over options and can override fan decisions, then system reliability is maintained, but fan participation effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transparent voting system as an intermediary between fans and coaches. Fans cast votes on play calls through a digital platform, and the system automatically transmits selected plays to the sideline display. This intermediary mechanism ensures fan decisions are implemented without coach override, while maintaining system reliability through automated processes and clear communication channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing fans to directly control play call selections without requiring coach intervention or approval. The automated voting platform processes fan inputs and immediately implements winning plays, eliminating the need for coaches to manually override decisions and empowering fans to serve themselves in the decision-making process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fans are given direct control over play calls, then fan participation effectiveness improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the traditional coach-fan interaction system. Instead of modifying the actual game management process, the system replicates play call selection in a virtual environment where fans can vote on plays. The winning play from this digital copy is then transmitted to the actual game, reducing complexity by separating the voting mechanism from the execution mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the play call process into distinct components: fan voting interface, vote aggregation algorithm, play selection mechanism, and sideline transmission system. This segmentation allows each component to be independently managed and optimized, reducing overall system complexity while enabling effective fan participation in the voting segment without complicating the execution segment.
3Loss of information
If transparent voting system is implemented, then information transparency improves, but loss of information decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms that provide real-time information to fans about their votes, the voting process, and the outcomes. The system displays which plays are selected, transmits vote results to the sideline, and provides confirmation of play execution. This continuous feedback loop eliminates information loss and builds trust by making the system's operation fully visible and verifiable to participants.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for managing tokens used in an interactive sports management system enabling remote participation in decisions affecting activity in a sporting event. The interactive system includes a server platform in communication with a blockchain processing network in which are recorded player tokens corresponding to the players. The tokens are respectively implemented by player smart contracts instantiated within the blockchain processing network and executed by a blockchain virtual machine. Results information relating to performances of the players is received by the server platform and stored within a database. A value factor corresponding to an achievement occurrence within the results information associated with a first player is provided to a first player smart contract implementing a first player token associated with the first player. The first player smart contract updates a value of the first player token within the blockchain processing network based upon the first value factor.