Systems and methods to distribute benefits to unique digital articles based on real-world information are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first and a second player account associated with a first and a second player; record and control eligibility of player-owned unique digital articles to receive distributions of benefits; determine real-world information based on events that have occurred in the real world; evaluate whether to distribute the benefits based on the real-world information and on the eligibilities of the player-owned unique digital articles; and provide the distributions accordingly.

A computer-implemented method for operating a computer game. It can include identifying a playing user and one or more other users; storing user information about one or more other users and the game progress information of those other users; determining whether any of the other users satisfy a predetermined condition based on their game progress information; identifying any of the other users that meet the condition and qualify as substitution-target users; displaying the substitution-target users to the playing user; obtaining input from a playing user indicating the selection of at least one substitution-target user; allowing the user to play the game, and obtaining a result of a game played by a playing user on behalf of a substitution-target user, with said game being one available to the substitution-target user; and updating the game progress information of the substitution-target user in accordance with the result of that game.

A computer-implemented method for operating a computer game. It can include identifying a playing user and one or more other users; storing user information about one or more other users and the game progress information of those other users; determining whether any of the other users satisfy a predetermined condition based on their game progress information; identifying any of the other users that meet the condition and qualify as substitution-target users; displaying the substitution-target users to the playing user; obtaining input from a playing user indicating the selection of at least one substitution-target user; allowing the user to play the game, and obtaining a result of a game played by a playing user on behalf of a substitution-target user, with said game being one available to the substitution-target user; and updating the game progress information of the substitution-target user in accordance with the result of that game.

Disclosed are methods and systems for a data discovery solution which harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to improve automated data curation. This is done in two complimentary ways: (a) large scale collective curation through anonymized multi-tenancy, and (b) and through internet scale matching and validation gaming platform using mobile application game. The result is the most extensive library of semantic-technical mappings of the enterprise data, which are immediately at hand to provide a fast, easy and a good understanding of the enterprise data. The data discovery solution forms a gateway for governing and unlocking value from big data.

Disclosed are methods and systems for a data discovery solution which harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to improve automated data curation. This is done in two complimentary ways: (a) large scale collective curation through anonymized multi-tenancy, and (b) and through internet scale matching and validation gaming platform using mobile application game. The result is the most extensive library of semantic-technical mappings of the enterprise data, which are immediately at hand to provide a fast, easy and a good understanding of the enterprise data. The data discovery solution forms a gateway for governing and unlocking value from big data.

Systems and methods for linking physical items to virtual content. Exemplary implementations may: receive a first request to verify whether a first activation of a first item has occurred; if not, transmit a notification in reply to the first request; receive, from a first user, a second request to effectuate the first activation of the first item and to make particular virtual content accessible to the first user; modify state of a smart contract on a decentralized database such that subsequent requests confirm the first activation has occurred; establish a link between the first item and the first user such that the particular virtual content is accessible to the first user; and responsive to the particular virtual content being accessible to the first user, transmit a second notification in reply to the second request.

Model data of a virtual model imitating an object model is generated based on photographed data obtained by photographing the object model including a joint structure. A given applied joint structure is applied to the virtual model. The virtual model based on the model data is disposed in a given virtual space. Virtual model management data including the model data and data of the applied joint structure is stored in a predetermined storage section or is externally output as data for causing a joint of the virtual model to function.

A computer system controls a start of a gathering event that gathers a user character of a participating user at a given gathering place in a virtual space upon acceptance of a gathering request operation from a terminal of a directing user. The computer system controls a display of a map image displaying the gathering place in the virtual space in an identifiable display mode on the terminals of the directing user and the participating user. The computer system determines a success/failure of the gathering event using a position of the user character operated by the participating user. The computer system gives a given reward to the directing user and/or the participating user when the gathering event is determined to be a success in the event success/failure determination.

Technology for managing mobile applications on an electronic gaming machine (EGM) in communication with a mobile device over a communications network is disclosed. An EGM may perform an account login by a user using a gaming host application associated with the EGM such that the account login triggers the gaming host application to launch a selected mobile gaming application for game play on the EGM.

Technology for managing mobile applications on an electronic gaming machine (EGM) in communication with a mobile device over a communications network is disclosed. An EGM may perform an account login by a user using a gaming host application associated with the EGM such that the account login triggers the gaming host application to launch a selected mobile gaming application for game play on the EGM.