Wednesday, November 13, 2024


 

Sony (NYSE:) Interactive Entertainment, the video game goliath running the PlayStation brand, filed a patent for a framework allowing users to transfer and utilize nonfungible tokens (NFTs) across multiple game platforms.

Over several years, Sony’s interest in crypto has been evidenced by numerous partnerships and trademark registrations. Adding to this list, Sony filed a patent titled “NFT framework for transferring and using digital assets between game platforms.”

Snippet of Sony’s NFT framework patent filing. Source: patentscope.wipo.int
Drawing depicting the workflow of Sony’s NFT framework. Source: patentscope.wipo.int