Nvidia has 2 granted patents distributed across Esports (1) and Cloud Gaming (1).
The Esports patent covers an AI-powered anti-cheat system that analyzes mouse movement patterns to distinguish human players from automated bots in competitive gaming. In Cloud Gaming, the patent describes a hierarchical encryption approach that embeds encrypted keys within game build filenames to enable secure distribution while preventing unauthorized access to builds.
NVIDIA's single Esports patent addresses cheat detection through biomechanical analysis of player inputs. The system examines the submovement patterns within mouse movements, identifying deviations from natural human motor control that reveal bot-like automation. This approach differs from conventional anti-cheat methods that scan for known cheat software signatures, instead focusing on the behavioral characteristics of the input itself to make evasion more difficult for cheat developers.
The cloud gaming patent tackles secure game build distribution through a hierarchical encryption scheme. Rather than relying on a centralized key repository that creates a single point of failure, the system embeds encrypted content keys as metadata within the encrypted game builds themselves and encodes key-encryption key identifiers directly in the filenames. This envelope encryption pattern creates self-contained, portable encrypted builds that can be distributed without exposing the game files to end users or depending on a central server for key management.
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