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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Arjun Lall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abhinav Agrawal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Hernandez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arjun Lall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abhinav Agrawal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Hernandez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system are described to provide virtual currency in a virtual game. The method may record a purchase value of a value icon in a virtual game. The value icon may then be deployed in the virtual environment of the virtual game. For each of a plurality of reference time periods, interaction of a player of the virtual game with the value icon may be monitored, and a virtual currency amount may be awarded to the player in the event of the player interacting with the value icon a set number of instances during each of the reference time periods. Further virtual currency may be denied upon subsequent interaction with the value icon during the same reference time period.