Truist Bank filed 1 patent in the Game Mechanics category.
The application covers a system that restricts video game access when users miss savings goals. The technology uses mini-games as a reward mechanism for real-world financial behaviors such as depositing money into accounts.
The Game Mechanics patent creates a connection between banking activity and video game privileges. The system locks down gameplay when users fail to meet their savings targets, but carves out an exception for mini-games that can be unlocked through specific financial actions. Rather than earning access through in-game achievements or purchases, players regain limited gameplay by completing real-world banking tasks like making deposits. This approach ties entertainment access directly to financial discipline, using restricted game features as both penalty and incentive depending on the user's behavior outside the game itself.
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