Abstract: A method for distributed application distribution may include: (1) receiving, at a first decentralized marketplace instance in a distributed ledger network and from a first node of the plurality of nodes, the first node associated with a distributed application creator, a distributed application; (2) making available, by the first decentralized marketplace instance, the distributed application to decentralized marketplace instances, wherein the first node is configured to provide the distributed application to a second node, the second node associated with a distributed application collaborator; (3) receiving, at a second decentralized marketplace instance and from the second node, a modified version of the distributed application; and (4) making available, by the second decentralized marketplace instance, the modified version of the distributed application to the decentralized marketplace instances, wherein the second node is configured to provide the distributed application to a third node, the third node a

Abstract: The invention includes an interactive method of therapy for disease management, and for improving self-management of diabetes and other medical conditions. The invention improves quality of life for users with a medical condition, and decreases the over all cost of health care for insurers. Operation of the invention promotes therapeutic behavioral change and substantial increase in adherence to disease self-management programs. In one embodiment, the invention uses a video game to improve self-management of a disease. Games used with the invention provide one or more reinforcements to players who wish to change their behaviors in a way that improves their chronic disease condition. Reinforcements consist of token rewards, prizes, increasing scores, group approval or disapproval, and increased social status. A video game accesses medical data of a player. The video game prompts players to perform one or more out-of-game self-management activities associated with the medical condition.

Abstract: An invention creating a new method for providing customized interactive entertainment over a communications network. A method for selecting a player from a player database and for selecting a character with specific character attributes from a character database. These characters are made available at different prices or subscription rates based on criteria such as power, rarity, or importance to ongoing plot lines in the context of the game. The invention is made available via a plurality of networks to a plurality of players playing a plurality of games.