US Patent 11886552 Video game integration of cryptographically secured digital assets

A method of integrating a cryptographic digital asset into a digital software application includes receiving a digital asset identification (ID) code, the digital asset ID code existing together with a unique owner ID code on a distributed blockchain ledger, the digital asset ID code including a code string segmented into a series of code subsets, wherein a first plurality of the code subsets includes data indicative of a plurality of attributes of the digital asset. The cryptographic digital asset is then represented on a display, wherein the cryptographic digital asset comprises a virtual object having an appearance based on the first plurality of code subsets, the virtual object further includes a plurality of object attributes. At least one of the object attributes is modified according to an aspect of the digital software application or interaction between a character avatar and the virtual object.