SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING AND UPDATING A FRIEND DATABASE ASSOCIATED WITH A PLAYER

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for automatically creating and updating a friend database associated with a player. Generally, in various embodiments, the system of the present disclosure is configured to access one or more player accounts (such as social media accounts) of the player, collect player friend data from the accessed player account(s), determine a list or one of more friends of the player based on the collected player data, and create or update a friend database associated with the player to include the determined friends. The system of the present disclosure thus dynamically and automatically creates and updates the friend database associated with the player without requiring the player to actively create and repeatedly and actively update (e.g., add friends to and remove friends from) the friend database.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
(a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to access, through a data network, a player account associated with a player such that player friend data may be collected from the accessed player account; (b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to collect the player friend data from the accessed player account; (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to use the collected player friend data to determine at least one friend of the player; (d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to, for each determined friend, update a stored friend database associated with the player to include said friend if said stored friend database does not already include said friend; and (e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to, if a bonus triggering event occurs in association with a play of a first game by the player and if a friend included in the stored friend database associated with the player initiates a play of a second game on a gaming system within a designated period of the occurrence of the bonus triggering event, cause at least one bonus game to be provided to the player and the friend.