Sega Sammy. has been granted a patent for an information processing device that facilitates content trading among users. The device manages trade information and user data, enabling users to identify and acquire reserved content without a trade, enhancing the trading experience. GlobalData’s report on Sega Sammy gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Information processing device for managing tradeable content
The patent US12036473B2 describes an information processing device designed to facilitate user-to-user trading of content. The device includes a trade information storage unit that maintains records of trade-away and trade-for content associated with each user. Additionally, it features a user information storage unit that categorizes content into possessed content (items the user has acquired) and reserved content (items the user has expressed interest in but has not yet acquired). A selection unit is responsible for identifying reserved content that matches the trade-for content desired by another user, ensuring that it does not overlap with the user's possessed content. This selection process is initiated by the user's browsing activity related to the trade-for content.
Furthermore, the patent outlines a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program enabling a computer to perform the functions described. This program allows the computer to act as a trade information storage means and a user information storage means, mirroring the functionalities of the information processing device. The selection means within the program operates similarly to the selection unit, identifying relevant reserved content based on trade information and user information. Finally, a notification means alerts the user when another user expresses interest in acquiring the selected reserved content, thereby enhancing the trading experience and facilitating user interactions within the trading platform.
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