IN-GAME REWARDS BASED ON REAL WORLD LOYALTY PROGRAMS

摘要

Systems and methods provided allow users to receive rewards in a videogame based on their “real world” purchases, where such purchases are those they may have made anyway, but which now provide the incentive of receiving rewards in particularly new ways. By providing a connection between a server operating the loyalty reward system and a game server or game administration server, the system can be made seamless and can closely tie the purchase to the reward. Players may receive in-game benefits based on their real world activities with loyalty programs, including rewards for purchases on credit cards, debit cards, or at particular storefronts.

主权项

1. A method for providing an in-game benefit based on a transaction associated with a loyalty program, comprising:
a. receiving notification of a transactionassociated with a loyalty program account; and b. transmitting data to a game server or a game administration server, the data including at least:
i. a first data component including identifying information about a game account associated with the loyalty program account; andii. a second data component including at least information about the transaction.