Managing access to digital assets
View Patent ↗Managing access to digital content at a server system in communication with relevant gaming devices, including: receiving a user account identifier and performance information from a relevant gaming device; accessing a collectible database storing collectible records; comparing the received performance information with the performance information in the collectible records; accessing a user account database that stores user account records; adding the retrieved collectible identifier to the identified user account record; retrieving a music-related asset identifier from the identified collectible record; and sending a confirmation to the relevant gaming device that indicates the collectible asset has been collected and indicates the retrieved music-related asset identifier.
1 . A system comprising:
one or more display devices,
a processor configured as a hardware device, and
one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
manage and determine, by the processor, access to and collect digital content for a musically-themed digital asset collection game using virtualized in-game geolocation information including a real-world geo-fenced area for collectible assets based on output from a hardware gaming device;
store music assets as music data and music asset identifiers for each music asset, wherein the music assets include music-related assets;
store collectible records for collectible assets, wherein a collectible record includes data indicating a collectible identifier, a collectible type, a music asset identifier for a music asset associated with the collectible asset, a representation for the collectible asset, and the virtualized in-game geolocation information associated with the collectible asset;
store user account records for users, wherein a user account record includes data indicating an identifier for a user, and a list of collectible identifiers of collectible assets collected by the user;
receive a user account identifier and virtualized in-game geolocation information from the hardware gaming device;
compare, by the processor, the received virtualized in-game geolocation information with the virtualized in-game geolocation information in the collectible records;
identify, by the processor, a collectible record that has the virtualized in-game geolocation information matching the received virtualized in-game geolocation information;
retrieve, by the processor, a collectible identifier for the identified collectible record, to identify a user account record matching the received user account identifier;
add, by the processor, the retrieved collectible identifier to the identified user account record;
access, by the processor, a music database that stores music-related assets as digital data and music-related asset identifiers that correspond to respective music-related assets including a song,
wherein the virtualized in-game geolocation information enables a user to listen to the song by visiting a virtualized in-game world at the geolocation, and
wherein the processor enables the user to exchange the music-related assets for physical merchandises or services including real-world concert shirts or tickets using the virtualize in-game geolocation information with augmented reality to show direction to go to find the physical merchandises or services within the real-world geo-fenced area; and
enable, by the processor, to perform or compete with oneself or other users in music activities including singing, dancing, rapping, playing instruments, non-music activities including answering information or trivia questions, or other game mechanics.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the music-related assets comprise songs, albums, playlists, video, programs, movies, games, and virtual reality (VR) experiences.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the collectible identifier includes an image file.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifier for the user includes at least one of an email address and a mobile device number.
5 . A method performed on a hardware processor comprising:
managing and determining access to and collect digital content for a musically-themed digital asset collection game using virtualized in-game geolocation information including a real-world geo-fenced area for collectible assets based on output from a hardware gaming device;
receiving a user account identifier and the virtualized in-game geolocation information from the hardware gaming device;
accessing a collectible database storing collectible records including the virtualized in-game geolocation information for the collectible assets and music-related asset identifiers for music-related assets;
comparing the received virtualized in-game geolocation information with the virtualized in-game geolocation information in the collectible records;
identifying a collectible record that has virtualized in-game geolocation information matching the received virtualized in-game geolocation information;
retrieving a collectible identifier for the identified collectible record;
accessing a user account database that stores user account records including user account identifiers and collectible identifiers indicating collectible assets collected by a user account;
identifying a user account record matching the received user account identifier;
adding the retrieved collectible identifier to the identified user account record to indicate the user account has collected the collectible asset associated with the retrieved collectible identifier;
accessing a music database that stores music-related assets as digital data and music-related asset identifiers that correspond to respective music-related assets including a song,
wherein the virtualized in-game geolocation information enables a user to listen to the song by visiting a virtualized in-game world at the geolocation, and
wherein the processor enables the user to exchange the music-related assets for physical merchandises or services including real-world concert shirts or tickets using the virtualize in-game geolocation information with augmented reality to show direction to go to find the physical merchandises or services within the real-world geo-fenced area;
enabling to perform or compete with oneself or other users in music activities including singing, dancing, rapping, playing instruments, non-music activities including answering information or trivia questions, or other game mechanics;
retrieving a music-related asset identifier from the identified collectible record; and
sending a confirmation to the hardware gaming device that indicates the collectible asset has been collected and indicates the retrieved music-related asset identifier.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the music-related assets comprise songs, albums, playlists, video, programs, movies, games, and VR experiences.
7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving a request from the hardware gaming device to access a song represented by a music-related asset, where the request includes the retrieved music-related asset identifier.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying the music-related asset in the music database that corresponds to the retrieved music asset identifier.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising sending the digital data corresponding to the identified music-related asset to the hardware gaming device for playback of the song by processing the sent digital data at the hardware gaming device.
10 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising enabling the hardware gaming device to access the music-related asset when the confirmation is received by the hardware gaming device.
11 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising creating image representations of the collectible assets.
12 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising enabling the hardware gaming device to share information about the collectible assets.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein sharing information about the collectible assets includes
sending images or information about an experience of collecting the collectible assets.
14 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising
sending collecting points or environment currency, and associated titles or other environment privileges for collecting the collectible assets.
15 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the collectible assets include interactive representations with an animated objects or characters.
16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions which, when executed by a hardware processor, cause the processor to:
manage and determine access to and collect digital content for a musically-themed digital asset collection game using virtualized in-game geolocation information for collectible assets based on output from a hardware gaming device;
receive a user account identifier and the virtualized in-game geolocation information including a real-world geo-fenced area from the hardware gaming device;
access a collectible database storing collectible records including the virtualized in-game geolocation information for collectible assets and music-related asset identifiers for music-related assets;
compare the received virtualized in-game geolocation information with the virtualized in-game geolocation information in the collectible records;
identify a collectible record that has virtualized in-game geolocation information matching the received virtualized in-game geolocation information;
retrieve a collectible identifier for the identified collectible record;
access a user account database that stores user account records including user account identifiers and collectible identifiers indicating collectible assets collected by a user account;
identify a user account record matching the received user account identifier;
add the retrieved collectible identifier to the identified user account record to indicate the user account has collected the collectible asset associated with the retrieved collectible identifier;
access a music database that stores music-related assets as digital data and music-related asset identifiers that correspond to respective music-related assets; retrieve a music-related asset identifier from the identified collectible record including a song,
wherein the virtualized in-game geolocation information enables a user to listen to the song by visiting a virtualized in-game world at the geolocation, and
wherein the processor enables the user to exchange the music-related assets for physical merchandises or services including real-world concert shirts or tickets using the virtualize in-game geolocation information with augmented reality to show direction to go to find the physical merchandises or services within the real-world geo-fenced area;
enable to perform or compete with oneself or other users in music activities including singing, dancing, rapping, playing instruments, non-music activities including answering information or trivia questions, or other game mechanics; and
send a confirmation to the hardware gaming device that indicates the collectible asset has been collected and indicates the retrieved music-related asset identifier.