Proxying Shared NFT Access for Community Resource Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems do not effectively enable sharing of access to resources associated with NFT collections among multiple individuals, limiting the benefits of NFT ownership and requiring each member to manage multiple NFTs, which can lead to authentication issues and increased resource usage.
Innovation Solution
A software and hardware facility that manages a 'pool NFT' system, allowing community members to share access to resources by using a single community NFT, which is used to sign requests for access to resources, and includes mechanisms for rotating NFTs and community management to maintain access and reduce storage and processing burdens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each community member manages their own NFT for resource access, then individual ownership rights are maintained, but system complexity and authentication burden increase for all users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a community manager as an intermediary entity that holds and manages the NFT on behalf of the community. This mediator handles authentication and resource access coordination, freeing individual members from direct NFT management while maintaining secure access control. The community manager acts as the intermediary between the resource provider and community members.
Solution Approach 2:
The community manager NFT serves multiple functions: it represents the entire community's access rights, enables resource authentication, facilitates internal sharing among members, and allows the community to collectively manage their access privileges. This single NFT performs what would otherwise require multiple individual NFTs and complex coordination protocols.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple NFTs are issued for resource access, then individual ownership and control are preserved, but storage and processing resources increase on hardware devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual access rights into a single community manager NFT. Instead of each member holding a separate NFT, their collective access rights are merged into one token held by the community manager. This reduces the number of NFTs from N (number of members) to 1, significantly reducing storage and processing requirements while maintaining the ability to manage individual sharing arrangements.
3Ease of operation
If a single NFT provides access to resources, then sharing among community members is enabled, but individual ownership distinction is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the community into sub-groups or individuals who can be granted specific sharing rights through smart contracts. While the community manager holds the single NFT, the system divides access permissions among members, allowing tracking of who can access what resources. This segmentation preserves ownership information at the individual level while maintaining the benefits of single-NFT management.
Data Source
AI summary
A facility for proxying NFT is described. The facility intercepts a request directed to a user to prove possession of a particular NFT. In response to this intercepting, the facility determined that the NFT is a shared NFT, and that the user is among a group of users entitled to use the shared NFT. In response to this determining, the facility automatically uses information available by virtue of possession of the shared NFT to satisfy the intercepted request on behalf of the distinguished user.