This month's Esports & Competitive Gaming category includes 1 granted patent, filed by ArcadeBet (1).
ArcadeBet's patent covers a system for wagering on video game matches without relying on publisher APIs, using screen-share frames, optical character recognition, and machine learning inference to determine match outcomes. A smart-contract escrow mechanism then handles payouts automatically after a dispute window has elapsed.
ArcadeBet received 1 patent covering a method for settling video game wagers without any direct access to game data from publishers or developers. The system works by analyzing raw screen captures from each player, running them through a detector-gated pipeline where inexpensive template matching or OCR first filters for relevant frames before triggering a machine learning call to classify the outcome. Evidence derived from one player's screen is then cross-referenced against the opposing player's screen captures, and an on-chain resolver holds funds in escrow until the dispute window closes before releasing the payout.
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