ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,511, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo) and SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (New York).

"Managing access to digital assets" was invented by Thomas Sachson (Malibu, Calif.) and Bradley Spahr (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Managing access to digital content at a server system in communication with relevant gaming devices, including: receiving a user account identifier and performance information from a relevant gaming device; accessing a collectible database storing collectible records; comparing the received performance information with the performance information in the collectible records; ac...