This month's Monetization & Business Models category contains 1 granted patent from Sony.
The patent covers a blockchain-based system for decentralized ownership of in-game items. Sony's technology enables players to transfer digital assets across different gaming platforms and participate in player-controlled markets without requiring centralized publisher oversight.
Sony received 1 patent covering a blockchain architecture designed specifically for gaming economies. The system separates the tracking of item ownership from the actual description of the items themselves, using multiple blockchains to create decentralized marketplaces that operate independently of any single publisher's control. This approach allows in-game items to move across different platforms while maintaining verifiable ownership records. The patent also describes a weighted modulo mechanism for assigning item types probabilistically when they're created, providing a way to manage loot drop economies without relying on centralized servers.
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