Beginner's offer via inventory item pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9511281-B1
Application number	US-201414288085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	May 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A system and method for offering virtual items for sale in a user inventory interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system that delivers offers to users of an online game,
the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions:
execute an instance of a game space and use the instance to generate game state information that is transmitted over a network to client computing platforms, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms, wherein execution of the instance further enables interaction by the users with the online game by performing operations in the instance in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platforms such that users participate in the online game in the game space through the client computing platforms;
effectuate display on a first client computing platform of contents of a first character's inventory within an inventory interface;
effectuate presentation within the inventory interface of an offer to sell instances of one or more virtual items usable in the online game; and
effectuate display on the first client computing platform of a shop interface that is separate and discrete from the inventory interface, the shop interface presenting offers to sell virtual items useable in the online game.

2. A system of claim 1 , wherein the offer to sell instances of one or more virtual items displayed in the inventory interface are for items particularly beneficial to the first character.

3. A system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the items offered for sale is a probability item bundle.

4. A system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the items offered for sale in the inventory interface is obfuscated until after the sale.

5. A system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the offers in the inventory interface is for a limited duration.

6. A computer implemented method for delivering offers to users of an online game, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
executing an instance of a game space and using the instance to generate game state information that is transmitted over a network to client computing platforms, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms, wherein execution of the instance further enables interaction by the users with the online game by performing operations in the instance in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platforms such that users participate in the online game in the game space through the client computing platforms;
effectuating display on a first client computing platform of contents of a first character's inventory within an inventory interface;
effectuating presentation within the inventory interface of an offer to sell instances of one or more virtual items usable in the online game; and
effectuating display on the first client computing platform of a shop interface that is separate and discrete from the inventory interface, the shop interface presenting offers to sell virtual items useable in the online game.

7. A method of claim 6 , wherein the offer to sell instances of one or more virtual items displayed in the inventory interface are for items particularly beneficial to the first character.

8. A method of claim 6 , wherein one or more of the items offered for sale is a probability item bundle.

9. A method of claim 6 , wherein one or more of the items offered for sale in the inventory interface is obfuscated until after the sale.

10. A method of claim 6 , wherein one or more of the offers in the inventory interface is for a limited duration.

11. A system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the offers are based on a user's progress in the online game.

12. A method of claim 6 , wherein one or more of the offers are based on a user's progress in the online game.

Assignees

• Kabam Inc

Inventors

• Mclellan Sam
• Pieron Luc
• Schultz Stephanie

Classifications

• A63F13/12 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F13/352

  involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world · CPC title

• A63F13/822

  Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) · CPC title

• A63F13/61

  using advertising information · CPC title

• A63F13/5375 Primary

  for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game · CPC title