NFT-Based User Profile Server for Secure Tournament Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online game platforms lack effective user management and verification systems to ensure only qualified users participate in tournaments, leading to a need for a reliable method to issue and manage user profiles that securely verify participation history and ownership.
Innovation Solution
A service providing server uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on blockchain technology to create and manage user profiles, including tournament participation history, level information, and ticket ownership, enabling secure and reliable user verification and participation in online tournaments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional user management systems are used for tournament participation, then user verification can be performed, but the system lacks reliability and security in ensuring only qualified users participate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional centralized user management systems with a blockchain-based NFT system. The mechanical/centralized verification process is substituted with a cryptographic/distributed approach where NFTs stored on the blockchain serve as immutable records of user qualifications and tournament participation history, eliminating the need for complex centralized authentication mechanisms while enhancing security and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of user profile information in the form of NFTs. Instead of storing complete user data in centralized databases, the system creates immutable cryptographic copies of essential user information (qualification status, participation history, level) that can be verified without accessing the original centralized system, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining verification reliability.
2Reliability
If NFT-based user profiles are implemented, then secure and transparent record-keeping is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential user profile information that needs to be securely stored and verified (qualification status, participation history, level) and encodes it into NFTs. By taking out only the critical data elements rather than storing complete user databases on the blockchain, the system achieves secure record-keeping while minimizing the complexity of blockchain integration and data management.
Solution Approach 2:
The NFT-based user profile serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a qualification certificate, a participation history record, a level indicator, and a secure identification token. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate verification systems and databases, thereby managing system complexity while achieving comprehensive reliable record-keeping.
3Reliability
If centralized user management is used, then user verification can be performed, but transparency and trust in the system are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes opaque centralized verification mechanisms with transparent blockchain-based NFT verification. The centralized system that could selectively display or hide user information is replaced with a public blockchain where NFT records are permanently stored and openly verifiable by anyone, eliminating system opacity while maintaining verification reliability through cryptographic proof.
Solution Approach 2:
The NFT system provides transparent feedback to users and stakeholders about qualification status and participation history that cannot be altered or hidden. The immutable nature of blockchain records ensures that verification information is always available and trustworthy, eliminating the opacity inherent in centralized systems where information control is ambiguous.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a service providing server that provides a tournament game service that supports participation in a game tournament through the setting of a non-fungible token (NFT)-based user profile and the operating method thereof to support users to enjoy a game while competing by a tournament scheme jointly with other users in an online environment.