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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
John Kim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Kevin Chanthasiriphan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei-Ling Wu Deckinga, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tomi Huttula, San Rafael, CA (US);
Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Participation by multiple users in an online game through client computing platforms associated with the users is facilitated. User accounts associated with the users indicate affiliations having a functional significance between users. Presentation of offers to sell virtual items are provided to users having a first affiliation and to users having a second affiliation. The virtual items associated with the offers are distributed to the users having a first affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the first affiliation have accepted the offer and are not distributed to users having a second affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the second affiliation have not accepted the offer.