Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between users of an online gaming platform
Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets operate between users of an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: tokenize a game asset into a tokenized game asset; record, on a distributed blockchain, ownership of a beneficiary right to a share resulting from selling the game asset; responsive to a sale of the game asset, transfer the share resulting from the sale to a first beneficiary; responsive to a transfer of ownership of a particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary, and responsive to a second sale of the game asset, transferring a second share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary right.
1. A system configured for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between users of an online gaming platform, the users including a first beneficiary, a first user, and a second user, wherein the game assets include a first game asset usable within the online gaming platform, wherein the first game asset corresponds to a beneficiary right to a beneficiary share resulting from sales of the first game asset, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
record ownership of the beneficiary right, wherein the beneficiary right is owned by the first beneficiary, wherein the ownership of the beneficiary right is associated with ownership of a particular virtual item within the online gaming platform such that transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item corresponds to a change in the ownership of the beneficiary right;
receive information that reflects a sale of the first game asset from the first user to the second user; and
responsive to receipt of the information reflecting the sale of the first game asset from the first user to the second user, transfer the beneficiary share to the first beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to:
receive second information reflecting a transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary; and
responsive to receipt of the second information reflecting the transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary, record that the beneficiary right is owned by the second beneficiary such that a subsequent beneficiary share resulting from subsequent sales of the first game asset will be transferred to the second beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first game asset is a virtual item usable within the online gaming platform.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein ownership of the first game asset is recorded on a distributed blockchain.
5. The system of claim 2 , wherein a third user is associated with a third inventory including a third set of virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, and wherein effectuation of a second sale of the first game asset from the second user to the third user includes a transfer of the first game asset to the third inventory, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to:
responsive to receipt of information reflecting the second sale, transfer a second beneficiary share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first beneficiary is associated with a first beneficiary inventory including virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, wherein the second beneficiary is associated with a second beneficiary inventory including virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, and wherein effectuation of the transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary includes a transfer of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary inventory to the second beneficiary inventory.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein recording the ownership of the beneficiary right includes posting a transaction on the distributed blockchain.
8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the ownership of the beneficiary right is managed through a smart contract on the distributed blockchain, wherein the smart contract includes a beneficiary address, wherein the beneficiary share resulting from selling of the first game asset in accordance with the beneficiary right is transferred to the beneficiary address.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first beneficiary is associated with a first beneficiary address, wherein the second beneficiary is associated with a second beneficiary address, and wherein effectuating the transfer of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary includes effectuating a change in the beneficiary address included in the smart contract from the first beneficiary address to the second beneficiary address.
10. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transfer of ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary is caused by a sale within the online gaming platform.
11. A method for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between users of an online gaming platform, the users including a first beneficiary, a first user, and a second user, wherein the game assets include a first game asset usable within the online gaming platform, wherein the first game asset corresponds to a beneficiary right to a beneficiary share resulting from sales of the first game asset, wherein the method is implemented in a computer system that includes one or more hardware processors, the method comprising:
recording, by the one or more hardware processors, ownership of the beneficiary right, wherein the beneficiary right is owned by the first beneficiary, wherein the ownership of the beneficiary right is associated with ownership of a particular virtual item within the online gaming platform such that transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item corresponds to a change in the ownership of the beneficiary right;
receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, information that reflects a sale of the first game asset from the first user to the second user; and
responsive to receipt of the information reflecting the sale of the first game asset from the first user to the second user, transferring, by the one or more hardware processors, the beneficiary share to the first beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, second information reflecting a transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary; and
responsive to receipt of the second information reflecting the transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary, recording, by the one or more hardware processors, that the beneficiary right is owned by the second beneficiary such that the beneficiary share resulting from subsequent sales of the first game asset will be transferred to the second beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first game asset is a virtual item usable within the online gaming platform.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein ownership of the first game asset is recorded on a distributed blockchain.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein a third user is associated with a third inventory including a third set of virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, and wherein effectuating a second sale of the first game asset from the second user to the third user includes transferring the first game asset to the third inventory, the method further comprising:
responsive to receipt of information reflecting the second sale, transferring a second beneficiary share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the ownership of the beneficiary right.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first beneficiary is associated with a first beneficiary inventory including virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, wherein the second beneficiary is associated with a second beneficiary inventory including virtual items usable within the online gaming platform, and wherein effectuating the transfer of the ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary includes transferring the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary inventory to the second beneficiary inventory.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein recording the ownership of the beneficiary right includes posting a transaction on the distributed blockchain.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the ownership of the beneficiary right is managed through a smart contract on the distributed blockchain, wherein the smart contract includes a beneficiary address, wherein the beneficiary share resulting from selling of the first game asset in accordance with the beneficiary right is transferred to the beneficiary address.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first beneficiary is associated with a first beneficiary address, wherein the second beneficiary is associated with a second beneficiary address, and wherein effectuating the transfer of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary includes effectuating a change in the beneficiary address included in the smart contract from the first beneficiary address to the second beneficiary address.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transfer of ownership of the particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to the second beneficiary is caused by a sale within the online gaming platform.