Patents by Inventor Cameron Thacker

Cameron Thacker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11896908
    Abstract: Systems and methods to combine permanent registry information and in-game activity information to determine release logistics, based on information recorded on permanent registries, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; monitor a first set of in-game action instructions for a first set of in-game actions by the players; determine values for in-game action metrics based on the monitored first set of in-game action instructions; monitor recorded information on one or more permanent registries; determine values for registry metrics based on the monitored recorded information; determine one or more release parameters based on a combination of at least one value of an in-game action metric and at least one value of a registry metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Publication number: 20240017181
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate usage of multiple currencies having different utilities for different types of players within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; control player accounts associated with the players; facilitate usage of a first currency that is exchangeable for a first set of utilities by players of a first player type, including a first player; facilitate usage of a second currency that is usable to upgrade players from the first player type to a second player type, wherein upgrading unlocks additional utilities; receive an upgrade instruction from the first player; perform an in-game action falling within the additional utilities on behalf of the first player, wherein the in-game action is performed by virtue of the first player having been upgraded to the second player type; and/or other steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Patent number: 11872496
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling distributions by an automated electronic networked central clearinghouse are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an exchange request that indicates a first user offers a first digital asset for a reversible exchange on a fiat-currency-based online exchange platform; obtain asset-specific distribution rights for the first digital asset; receive exchange information regarding the reversible exchange with an exchanging user; monitor, during a waiting period, whether any actions taken by the exchanging user determine reversibility of the reversible exchange, or whether the waiting period for reversibility times out; based on a time-out or a determination regarding reversibility, either (i) transfer the ownership of the first digital asset to the first user, or (ii) clear the reversible exchange by non-temporarily transferring the ownership to the exchanging user, and by distributing benefits in accordance with the asset-specific distribution rights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Liwen Kao
  • Publication number: 20230405459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20230394545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first information defining a first sales listing of a particular virtual item on a first online sales platform; obtain second information defining a second sales listing of the particular virtual item on a second online sales platform; receive at least two indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; obtain information that represents at least one sales characteristic by which the offers to purchase the particular virtual item are to be ranked according to desirability; determine and compare a first metric value for the first offer and a second metric value for the second offer; and determine an accepted offer that is accepted based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Patent number: 11833435
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate usage of multiple currencies having different utilities for different types of players within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; control player accounts associated with the players; facilitate usage of a first currency that is exchangeable for a first set of utilities by players of a first player type, including a first player; facilitate usage of a second currency that is usable to upgrade players from the first player type to a second player type, wherein upgrading unlocks additional utilities; receive an upgrade instruction from the first player; perform an in-game action falling within the additional utilities on behalf of the first player, wherein the in-game action is performed by virtue of the first player having been upgraded to the second player type; and/or other steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Publication number: 20230388132
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining authenticity of non-fungible digital assets are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, wherein the stored information includes information regarding a given type of digital assets, including a first digital asset; generate a first quantity of encoded information, based on encoding an identifier of a smart contract and an asset-specific identifier that identifies the first digital asset; generate a digital signature of the first quantity of encoded information, wherein the digital signature is based on a private key associated with the smart contract; and record the first quantity of encoded information and the digital signature as part of the metadata of the first digital asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer, John Linden, Liwen Kao
  • Patent number: 11813524
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20230347255
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate usage of multiple currencies having different utilities for different types of players within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; control player accounts associated with the players; facilitate usage of a first currency that is exchangeable for a first set of utilities by players of a first player type, including a first player; facilitate usage of a second currency that is usable to upgrade players from the first player type to a second player type, wherein upgrading unlocks additional utilities; receive an upgrade instruction from the first player; perform an in-game action falling within the additional utilities on behalf of the first player, wherein the in-game action is performed by virtue of the first player having been upgraded to the second player type; and/or other steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Patent number: 11786819
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate staking of combinations of different types of digital articles on a permanent registry to upgrade player type within an online gaming platform supporting different player types are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; control player accounts associated with the players; facilitate usage of multiple different digital articles that are usable to upgrade players from the first player type to a second player type, wherein upgrading unlocks additional utilities; receive an upgrade instruction from the first player, in exchange for staking a combination of a particular amount of a first type of digital article and a second type of digital article; perform an in-game action falling within the additional utilities on behalf of the first player, wherein the in-game action is performed by virtue of the first player having been upgraded to the second player type; and/or other steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Publication number: 20230316248
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a bridge server to support multiple shards of blockchains are disclosed. The multiple shards may be used to record ownership rights of in-game digital assets. The in-game digital assets may be usable in an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: execute an instance of a game; maintain user accounts for the users of a blockchain on a first and a second decentralized ledger server; record sets of rights pertaining to sets of digital assets; receive an exchange request for a first digital asset; receive transferal information for the first digital asset; transfer sets of instructions to the first and second decentralized ledger servers such that the first decentralized ledger server removes the first digital asset from the first set of digital assets and the second decentralized ledger server adds the first digital asset to the second set of digital assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer, Rudy Koch
  • Publication number: 20230294003
    Abstract: Systems and methods to control benefit-producing virtual territories in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; receive instructions from sets of players to obtain access to distributions associated with particular virtual territories in the game, wherein access is obtained in exchange for particular amounts of fungible digital articles; determine whether to provide a particular distribution of in-game benefits, produced in and/or by a particular virtual territory, to a particular set of players, based at least in part on whether the particular set of players continues to control the particular virtual territory; and responsive to the determination, provide the particular distribution to the particular set of players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Patent number: 11757653
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining authenticity of non-fungible digital assets are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, wherein the stored information includes information regarding a given type of digital assets, including a first digital asset; generate a first quantity of encoded information, based on encoding an identifier of a smart contract and an asset-specific identifier that identifies the first digital asset; generate a digital signature of the first quantity of encoded information, wherein the digital signature is based on a private key associated with the smart contract; and record the first quantity of encoded information and the digital signature as part of the metadata of the first digital asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer, John Linden, Liwen Kao
  • Patent number: 11748724
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a bridge server to support multiple shards of blockchains are disclosed. The multiple shards may be used to record ownership rights of in-game digital assets. The in-game digital assets may be usable in an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: execute an instance of a game; maintain user accounts for the users of a blockchain on a first and a second decentralized ledger server; record sets of rights pertaining to sets of digital assets; receive an exchange request for a first digital asset; receive transferal information for the first digital asset; transfer sets of instructions to the first and second decentralized ledger servers such that the first decentralized ledger server removes the first digital asset from the first set of digital assets and the second decentralized ledger server adds the first digital asset to the second set of digital assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer, Rudy Koch
  • Patent number: 11748794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first information defining a first sales listing of a particular virtual item on a first online sales platform; obtain second information defining a second sales listing of the particular virtual item on a second online sales platform; receive at least two indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; obtain information that represents at least one sales characteristic by which the offers to purchase the particular virtual item are to be ranked according to desirability; determine and compare a first metric value for the first offer and a second metric value for the second offer; and determine an accepted offer that is accepted based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Publication number: 20230259908
    Abstract: Systems and methods for buying and selling virtual items through multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate publications of at least two sales listings; effectuate a presentation to a buying user that includes representations of the publications; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buying user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Patent number: 11687923
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating tokenization of modifiable game assets on a distributed blockchain may: generate a smart contract configured to contain license keys associated with the modifiable game assets and to effectuate transfers of the license keys to purchasers; post the smart contract to a distributed blockchain; receive sales information describing a first game asset that is usable within the online gaming platform and intended to be offered for sale to gaming users of the online gaming platform; obtain verification information that indicates the first game asset has passed or failed a verification; tokenize the first game asset into a tokenized game asset on the distributed blockchain, responsive to the verification passing successfully; and offer the tokenized game asset for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, John Linden, Cameron Thacker
  • Patent number: 11676120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for buying and selling virtual items through multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate publications of at least two sales listings; effectuate a presentation to a buying user that includes representations of the publications; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buying user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Publication number: 20230133376
    Abstract: Systems and methods to distribute unique digital articles to users accounts of a first permanent registry, and to facilitate personalized in-game benefits for players on an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may effectuate a presentation of a user interface, obtain recorded information regarding ownership for user accounts, determine eligibility for distribution of a unique digital article, monitor in-game activity for use of the unique digital article by a first player, establish a correlation between a user account and the first player, determine an offer that is presented to the first player, and provide the offered item or article to the first player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker
  • Patent number: 11617960
    Abstract: Systems and methods to predict player churn for players of an online gaming platform, based on information recorded on permanent registries, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first player account associated with a first player; monitor player-specific recorded information on one or more permanent registries; determine player-specific registry metrics; determine a churn score based on the player-specific registry metrics; and/or take actions based on the churn score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Thacker