发明名称 Providing a physical indication of an objective met in an entertainment platform
摘要 A method for enabling purchases of status items associated with an online virtual game is disclosed. The method involves: determining that a player of the online virtual game has achieved a first objective defined in the online virtual game, and informing an online store that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow the player to purchase a first status item for achieving the first objective. The first status item comprises a real-world indication that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow a particular player to purchase a particular status item associated with achieving a particular objective in the online virtual game that conveys that the particular player has, in fact, achieved the particular objective. The online store is configured to not allow the particular player to purchase the particular status item without actually having achieved the particular objective.
申请公布号 US9604149(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.03.28
申请号 US201113099841 申请日期 2011.05.03
申请人 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 发明人 Veprinsky Michael;Jones, Jr. Allan D.
分类号 G06Q30/00;A63F9/24;A63F13/85;A63F13/69;G06Q30/06;A63F13/792 主分类号 G06Q30/00
代理机构 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP 代理人 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
主权项 1. A method for enabling online purchases of physical status items associated with an entertainment platform, the method comprising: determining, using a computing device, that a player of the entertainment platform has achieved a first non-monetary objective defined in the entertainment platform; upon determining that the player has achieved the first non-monetary objective, providing an indicia within the entertainment platform that the player has achieved the first non-monetary objective and that a first physical status item that indicates achievement of the first non-monetary objective is available to be purchased as a reward for achieving the first non-monetary objective; electronically transmitting, using the computing device, the indicia to a store, wherein in response to the indicia, the store is configured to: display to the player only the first physical status item available as a reward for achieving the first non-monetary objective;allow the player to purchase, using real-world currency, the first physical status item available as a reward for achieving the first non-monetary objective; andwhereby the store does not allow a particular player to purchase, using real-world currency, a particular physical status item without actually having achieved a particular non-monetary objective associated with the particular physical status item; and determining, using the computing device, that the player has achieved a second non-monetary objective defined in the entertainment platform, informing the store that the player has achieved the second non-monetary objective, wherein the store is configured to allow the player to purchase a second physical status item for achieving the second non-monetary objective, the second physical status item is related to the first physical status item and, when purchased, is physically attachable to the first physical status item by the player.
地址 Burbank CA US