Granted Patent B2

US 12,403,401 · App. 18/919,955 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Mark Meyers (Austin, TX); Bruce E. Stuckman (Austin, TX); John W. Howard (Cedar Park, TX); Brian G. Howard (Austin, TX); Gregory Meador (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Galiant Arts, LLC

A63F13/60A63F13/352A63F13/79H04L9/50

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. An non-fungible token (NFT) game platform comprises:

a network interface configured to communicate via a network;

at least one processor;

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include:

sending, to a client device and via the network interface, display data associated with a customized collection display that presents a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs associated with a game that is accessible by a user of the client device;

receiving, from the client device in response to user interactions with a graphical user interface, selection data indicating selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game, wherein the one of the plurality of game NFTs includes a playable instance of the associated game;

facilitating, via the network interface and in conjunction with the client device, play of the associated game when ownership of the game NFT is authenticated; and

updating the game NFT associated with the associated game is updated based on the play of the associated game by the user.

2. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein facilitating the play of the associated game includes sending, via the network interface, game video associated with the one of the plurality of game NFTs that is streamed from the NFT game platform.

3. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein facilitating the play of the associated game includes receiving, via the network interface, game data associated with the game play of the game by the user that is generated by the client device and wherein the one of the plurality of game NFTs is updated based on the game data.

4. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured in response to user interactions with the graphical user interface.

5. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured based on metadata associated with the plurality of game NFTs.

6. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured based on genres associated with the plurality of game NFTs.

7. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein ownership of the game NFT is authenticated based on the user of the client device.

8. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein the game NFT associated with the associated game, is updated by minting an updated game NFT.

9. The NFT game platform of claim 8 , wherein the updated game NFT is minted on via a parachain that is different from a blockchain that minted the game NFT.

10. The NFT game platform of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include:

facilitating, in response to user interactions with the graphical user interface, creation of a derivative NFT corresponding to a game NFT of the plurality of game NFTs, the derivative NFT having expiration restrictions limiting game play of the associated game; and

facilitating, in response to user interactions with the graphical user interface, a micro-loan transaction of the derivative NFT to another user to facilitate the game play of the associated game by the another user, wherein the derivative NFT expires when the expiration restrictions are met.

11. A non-fungible token (NFT) game platform comprising:

a network interface configured to access a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs including a playable instance of an associated game that is accessible by a user of a client device;

at least one processing device; and

a memory that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, perform operations that include:

generating display data associated with a customized collection display that contains the plurality of game NFTs;

sending the display data associated with a customized collection display to the client device for display via a graphical user interface associated with the client device;

receiving a selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game, wherein the one of the plurality of game NFTs includes a playable instance of the associated game;

facilitating play of the associated game via the client device when ownership of the game NFT is authenticated; and

updating the game NFT associated with the associated game based on the play of the associated game by the user.

12. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein facilitating the play of the associated game includes streaming, via the network interface, game video associated with the one of the plurality of game NFTs to the client device.

13. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein facilitating the play of the associated game includes sending to the NFT game platform, via the network interface, game data associated with the game play of the game by the user that is generated by the client device and wherein the one of the plurality of game NFTs is updated based on the game data.

14. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured in response to user interactions with the graphical user interface.

15. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured based on metadata associated with the plurality of game NFTs.

16. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein the customized collection display that presents the plurality of game NFTs is configured based on genres associated with the plurality of game NFTs.

17. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein ownership of the game NFT is authenticated based on the user.

18. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein the game NFT associated with the associated game, is updated by minting an updated game NFT.

19. The NFT game platform of claim 18 , wherein the updated game NFT is minted on via parachain that is different from a blockchain that minted the game NFT.

20. The NFT game platform of claim 11 , wherein the operations further include:

facilitating creation of a derivative NFT corresponding to a game NFT of the plurality of game NFTs, the derivative NFT having expiration restrictions limiting game play of the associated game; and

facilitating a micro-loan transaction of the derivative NFT to another user to facilitate the game play of the associated game by the another user, wherein the derivative NFT expires when the expiration restrictions are met.

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