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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Donald C. Mosites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Waldron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shantanu Talapatra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald C. Mosites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Waldron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shantanu Talapatra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Example systems and methods related to providing rewards for an online game in response to online purchases are presented. In an example, an identifier of a user related to a proposed online purchase at an online merchant system and an identification of the proposed online purchase are received at the online gaming system. An in-game reward is determined based at least in part on the identification of the proposed online purchase. An identity of the in-game reward is transmitted for presentation to the user. A verification of the user completing the proposed online purchase is received. The in-game reward is provided in the online gaming system for the user in response to the verification.