Non-Fungible Token Transfer via Device Position Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to effectively create, manage, and transfer non-fungible digital assets associated with specific device positions, lacking secure and efficient methods for authentication and ownership transfer.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing sensors in media devices to capture data, determine device positions, and generate tokens on a distributed ledger, allowing for secure tracking and transfer of non-fungible digital assets by verifying interactions with anchor elements and updating token ownership.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If digital assets are made non-fungible and tied to specific device positions, then asset uniqueness and ownership security are improved, but system complexity and difficulty of management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a distributed ledger (blockchain) as an intermediary to manage non-fungible tokens. The ledger stores token data including position information, ownership details, and anchor element associations. This intermediary handles the complexity of tracking and verifying asset uniqueness, while users interact through simplified token identifiers rather than directly managing the underlying complex verification mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional centralized authentication and ownership verification mechanisms with a distributed ledger system. Instead of relying on centralized databases and manual verification processes, the system uses cryptographic hashing, distributed consensus, and smart contracts to automatically verify asset uniqueness and ownership, reducing manual complexity while improving security.
2Measurement precision
If sensor data is used to determine device position and generate tokens, then asset authentication accuracy is improved, but data processing time and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by capturing sensor data (GPS coordinates, accelerometer, gyroscope readings) and determining device position before the actual token generation process. Position data is pre-processed and validated, then stored alongside token data in the distributed ledger. This preliminary positioning reduces processing time during token creation and transfer operations, as position verification is already completed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the device's own sensors (GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope) to self-determine its position without requiring external verification services. The device autonomously captures its position data and includes it in the token metadata, eliminating the need for time-consuming third-party position verification processes while maintaining high accuracy.
3Reliability
If anchor element interactions are verified for token generation, then asset authenticity is improved, but verification complexity and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates anchor elements with universal identifiers that can be associated with multiple types of digital assets and locations. A single anchor element can serve as a verification point for different token types (images, videos, audio clips, 3D models). This multi-functionality reduces operational complexity, as users interact with the same anchor element verification process regardless of asset type, while maintaining strong authenticity verification.
4Reliability
If distributed ledger is used to track token ownership and transfers, then ownership security and transfer reliability are improved, but system resource consumption and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and stores only essential token data in the distributed ledger: token identifier, position information, anchor element association, and ownership details. Full media content (images, videos, audio clips, 3D models) is stored off-ledger in distributed file systems or cloud storage, with only cryptographic hashes stored on-chain. This extraction approach maintains transfer reliability through immutable ledger records while dramatically reducing system resource consumption by minimizing on-chain data storage requirements.
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AI summary
Systems and techniques are described for token device transfer management. A system identifies, in a payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger, a token corresponding to media content. A parameter of the token in the distributed ledger indicates that the token is associated with a first user. The system identifies a device that is associated with the token and the media content. The device is also associated with the first user. The system identifies that the device has been relocated to an area associated with a second user. In response to identifying that the device has been relocated to the area, the system causes the parameter of the token in the distributed ledger to be modified from indicating that the token is associated with the first user to indicating that the token is associated with the second user.