Distributed Ledger Tracking for Progressive Award Contributions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming establishments struggle to maintain a loyal customer base through personalized and engaging gaming experiences, as existing systems lack the ability to effectively track and reward user contributions to progressive awards, leading to user disengagement when awards are reset.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, to track and enhance progressive awards by recording contributions, modifying associated tokens, and providing supplemental awards, thereby creating a more engaging and rewarding experience for users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a distributed ledger is implemented to track individual user contributions to progressive awards, then user engagement and personalization are improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a distributed ledger (blockchain) as an intermediary system between the progressive award system and users. This mediator tracks individual contributions transparently and enables personalized rewards without requiring complex centralized tracking infrastructure. The distributed ledger serves as a trusted intermediary that automatically records and verifies user contributions, resolving the contradiction by providing engagement enhancement through a standardized, scalable technological intermediary rather than custom complex systems.
2Reliability
If distributed ledger technology is used to track progressive award contributions, then transparency and user trust are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the distributed ledger with the progressive award parameters, contribution tracking rules, and reward distribution logic before users participate. Smart contracts are deployed in advance to automatically execute contribution tracking and reward distribution according to predetermined rules. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for complex real-time processing decisions, reducing processing time while maintaining full transparency and trust through the immutable ledger.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users are allowed to benefit from progressive awards through contribution tracking, then user engagement is improved, but award management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The distributed ledger system enables self-service award management by automatically tracking individual user contributions, calculating eligible rewards, and distributing supplements without manual intervention. Each user's contribution history is autonomously recorded on the ledger, and the system automatically determines and distributes supplemental awards based on predetermined rules. This self-service automation reduces award management complexity while enabling multiple users to benefit from progressive awards simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods that utilize one or more distributed ledgers in association with tracking progressive award contributions by individual users.