Uniform Identifier for Cross-Platform Game Character Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

In online gaming, game characters created on different platform servers are not shareable due to unique platform numbers generated by each server, affecting user experience.

Innovation Solution

A game management system is coupled to multiple platform servers to generate and assign a uniform identifier (user ID and platform code) to allow the game server to create or retrieve game characters consistently across servers, enabling character sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If each platform server generates unique platform numbers for game characters, then each server can independently manage its game characters, but game characters cannot be shared across different platform servers

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame character sharingVSAvoididentifier management system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a game management system as an intermediary between platform servers and game servers. This mediator generates uniform identifiers that work across multiple platform servers, enabling game character sharing without requiring changes to the existing platform server architecture. The game management system translates between platform-specific identifiers and universal identifiers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal identifier system that functions across different platform servers. The uniform identifier generated by the game management system can be used to access game characters regardless of which platform server the user connects to, making the identifier system multi-functional and platform-agnostic.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a game management system is introduced to generate uniform identifiers, then game characters can be shared across platform servers, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecross-server character accessVSAvoidgame management system architecture

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the identifier management functionality into separate components: the game management system handles uniform identifier generation and mapping, while platform servers maintain their existing identifier systems. This segmentation allows the new functionality to be added without restructuring the entire system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The game management system acts as a mediator layer between platform servers and game servers, handling the complexity of identifier translation and mapping. This isolates the complexity to a specific component rather than distributing it throughout the entire system architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10166481B2Method, device and system for sharing of game characters

Publication Date: 2019.01.01 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD

AI summary

A method for sharing of game characters includes a game management system coupled to a first platform server and a second platform server. The game management system generates a uniform identifier, assigns the uniform identifier to a username that is used by a user to log in the first platform server and the second platform server, and transmits the uniform identifier to a game server. The game server creates or retrieves a game character based upon the uniform identifier.