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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventor:

Brandon Myles Zien, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/73 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01); A63F 13/80 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/73 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/80 (2014.09); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01); A63F 2300/575 (2013.01); A63F 2300/638 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present specification describes a system and method for providing conditional access to a virtual gaming item possessed by a first player of a video game to a second player. The method includes: creating a database of conditionally accessible virtual items, wherein said accessibility is determined based on at least one predefined condition; modifying an attribute of the virtual item for making the second player aware that said item is available for conditional access for a predefined period of time; fulfilling, by the second player, at least one access condition; and providing accessibility to the item to the second player for the predefined period of time.


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