US Patent Issued to Snap on Feb. 17 for "Augmented reality experience control through non-fungible token" (New York, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,399, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Augmented reality experience control through non-fungible token" was invented by Rajeev Advani (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Vu Tran (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to perform operations that include: accessing a data object that comprises an Augmented-Reality (AR) filter; accessing a blockchain based on the accessing the data object; minting a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) based on the data object and the blockchain; and storing the NFT on the blockchain."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/642,244.

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