Random Numeric Input System with Cryptographic Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming systems that rely on automatic number generators face challenges in ensuring organizational integration and data security, which can impact the confidence of participants in the legitimacy of the random selection process.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that includes at least one processor, a communication interface, and a memory device storing executable code, which generates and manages random numeric inputs for determining outcomes in computer games, ensuring authentication and secure data transmission through cryptographic means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic number generators are used to provide random selection, then the speed and automation of outcome determination is improved, but the confidence in legitimacy and transparency deteriorates due to lack of organizational integration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that bridges the automatic number generator and the gaming organization. This intermediary captures, verifies, and logs the random output along with metadata (timestamp, seed values, configuration parameters), creating a trusted connection between the automated generation process and the organizational requirements for transparency and auditability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the random number generator with organized parameters, storing configuration data, and establishing verification protocols before the actual random selection occurs. This includes pre-registering seed values, pre-defining outcome mappings, and pre-establishing audit trails to ensure legitimacy before the critical selection moment.
2Reliability
If manual verification processes are implemented to ensure transparency, then the confidence in fairness is improved, but the time required for outcome determination increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback mechanisms where the random number generator continuously provides output data that is immediately captured, verified against pre-established criteria, and logged. This closed-loop feedback system automatically confirms fairness through verification algorithms and audit trails without requiring manual intervention at each step, maintaining both speed and trustworthiness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service verification through automated logging, timestamping, and audit trail generation. The random number generator and verification system work autonomously to produce self-documenting results that can be independently verified without manual processes, eliminating time-consuming human verification while maintaining transparency and fairness confidence.
3Reliability
If cryptographic authentication is implemented to secure data transmission, then data security is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal cryptographic authentication mechanisms that serve multiple functions simultaneously: authenticating the random number generator, verifying data integrity, establishing trusted communication channels, and creating auditable proof of legitimacy. This multi-functional approach consolidates security operations into unified protocols, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining robust data security through standardized cryptographic practices.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems receive a request from a player device for a random numeric output associated with an outcome that indicates whether resource(s) are to be distributed to a player account of a player of a computer game. The request is authenticated, which includes determining a geographic location of the player from an identifier of the player device, and a current amount of player points already attributed to the player account are determined from player data associated with the player account. An API request associated with the random numeric output to be generated by the outside server is generated and transmitted to an outside server that includes the current amount of player points. A randomly generated numeric input is received from the outside server and based on the current amount of player points, and the outcome is determined based on the randomly generated numeric input and the resource(s) are distributed.