This category contains 1 granted patent, filed by Nant Holdings.
The patent covers technology for location-based virtual goods transactions, where a mobile device scans real-world scenes to identify nearby merchants and trigger purchases of digital game items. Nant Holdings describes a system that connects physical surroundings, captured through a device's camera, to in-game commerce tied to specific geographic locations.
Nant Holdings received 1 patent centered on a system that allows a mobile device to scan its physical surroundings and use what it sees to initiate purchases of digital game items from merchants in the vicinity. What sets the approach apart is a reconciliation matrix that ties attributes derived from real-world image capture directly to virtual goods, settling transactions across multiple accounts without relying on traditional point-of-sale hardware, NFC, or barcode scanning. Earlier systems in this space operated as closed loops within a single provider, but this patent introduces a multi-party settlement layer that is triggered by environmental image recognition rather than any dedicated scanning peripheral.
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