Game Triggered Registration System for Online Gaming Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional online gaming platforms require users to register for a platform account before accessing individual games, creating a barrier to entry for new users and potentially discouraging them from accessing games they are interested in.
Innovation Solution
A system where a game provider can allow users to access and play games without a pre-existing platform account by implementing a game trigger mechanism, which determines when to prompt the user for platform registration, creating a game account, and continuing game access upon successful registration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are required to register for a platform account before accessing individual games, then the platform can maintain centralized account management and user data, but the barrier to entry increases and may discourage users from accessing games they are interested in
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a game account in advance before the user completes platform account registration. This preliminary account creation allows the user to immediately access and play the game, while the registration process continues in the background. The game account is created with temporary or limited functionality until the user completes the platform account setup, thus resolving the contradiction by providing immediate access while maintaining eventual centralized account management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a game account as an intermediary between the user and the platform account system. This game account serves as a temporary bridge that allows users to access games without having a complete platform account. The game account can be later linked or merged with the platform account once registration is completed, thus maintaining account management reliability while improving ease of access.
2Loss of information
If the platform requires complete account registration before game access, then user data can be collected and managed centrally from the beginning, but the user experience is degraded due to the mandatory registration barrier
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects essential user data and creates a game account before the user completes full platform registration. This preliminary data collection includes basic information needed to create the game account, allowing the platform to start gathering user data immediately rather than waiting for complete registration. The user experience is improved by allowing game access with this partial data, while the registration process continues in the background to collect additional information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial account registration, where only the essential minimum information is collected to create a functional game account, rather than requiring complete platform account registration upfront. This partial action allows the platform to collect sufficient data to manage the game account while avoiding the burden of requiring all registration steps before game access, thus improving user experience while still achieving data collection goals.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to enabling a user to access a game hosted on a game platform without registering a platform account. In implementations, a game provider may set a game trigger based on an instance of a game. In response to a determination that the game trigger is met, instructions effectuating presentation of a platform registration request to a user may be transmitted to a platform provider.