IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,044,075
Granted Patent B2
US 11,044,075 · App. 16/747,416 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Game data offloading to a blockchain

Inventors: Jeffrey Bisti (Poughkeepsie, NY); Ryan Bertsche (Poughkeepsie, NY); Danielle Judka (Mount Laurel, NJ); Philip Siconolfi (Wappingers Falls, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04L9/0637A63F13/71A63F13/792G06F21/602G06F21/606G06F21/645H04L9/3236H04L9/3297H04L2209/38
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Patent No.
US 11,044,075
App. No.
16/747,416
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of initiating a session between one or more users, identifying an active game status associated with the one or more users during the session, creating a link to the active games status, storing the link in a blockchain, creating a message comprising the link to the active game status, and broadcasting the message to a plurality of potential users.

Claims (68)

1. A method, comprising:

communicating, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a first user activity associated with at least one of a first user and a second user in the online game session to a local blockchain;

communicating, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a second user activity associated with at least one of the first user and the second user

in the online game session to a session blockchain; and

validating the update to the session blockchain in response to the first user or the second user entering a new game session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game session comprises one or more of:

a chat session and an application sharing session.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if not, creating the local blockchain; and

storing the current status of the user activity and an environment associated with the current status in the local blockchain.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if so, retrieving transaction data from the local blockchain and modifying an environment associated with the current status; and

storing the current status of the user activity and the modified environment in the local blockchain.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the current status of the user activity requires updates to the session blockchain based on an event type associated with the current user activity; and

storing the current status of the user activity in the session blockchain.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying that the current status of the user activity comprises an instance of private messaging.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

creating a private messaging session; and

storing the current status of the user activity in the private message session.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing one or more instructions; and

a processor that executes the one or more instructions to configure the processor to:

communicate, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a first user activity associated with at least one of a first user and a second user in the online game session to a local blockchain;

communicate, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a second user activity associated with at least one of the first user and the second user in the online game session to a session blockchain; and

validate the update to the session blockchain in response to the first user or the second user entering a new game session.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the game session comprises one or more of:

a chat session and an application sharing session.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if not, create the local blockchain; and

store the current status of the user activity activities and an environment associated with the current user status in the local blockchain.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if so, retrieve transaction data from the local blockchain and modify an environment associated with the current status; and

store the current status of the user activity and the modified environment in the local blockchain.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the current status of the user activity requires updates to the session blockchain based on an event type associated with the current user activity; and

store the current status of the user activity in the session blockchain.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify that the current status of the user activity comprises an instance of private messaging.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

create a private messaging session; and

store the current status of the user activity in the private message session.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform:

communicating, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a first user activity associated with at least one of a first user and a second user in the online game session to a local blockchain;

communicating, during an online game session, an update of a current status of a second user activity associated with at least one of the first user and the second user in the online game session to a session blockchain; and

validating the update to the session blockchain in response to the first user or the second user entering a new game session.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the game session comprises one or more of:

a chat session and an application sharing session.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

determining whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if not, creating the local blockchain; and

storing the current status of the user activity and an environment associated with the current status in the local blockchain.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

determining whether the local blockchain exists for the current status of the user activity;

if so, retrieving transaction data from the local blockchain and modifying an environment associated with the current status; and

storing the current status of the user activity and the modified environment in the local blockchain.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

determining the current status of the user activity requires updates to the session blockchain based on an event type associated with the current user activity; and

storing the current status of the user activity in the session blockchain.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

identifying the current status of the user activity comprises an instance of private messaging;

creating a private messaging session; and

storing the current status of the user activity in the private message session.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2020
From: BISTI, JEFFREY; BERTSCHE, RYAN; JUDKA, DANIELLE; SICONOLFI, PHILIP
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051559/0177 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15826412 · Nov 29, 2017
Continuation 15655014 · Jul 20, 2017
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