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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Sean I. Mcghie, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Brian K. Buchheit, Davie, FL (US);
Sean I. McGhie, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Brian K. Buchheit, Davie, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an account is established for non-negotiable credits provided by an entity to one or more users. Interactions that earn a quantity of non-negotiable credits are detected. The quantity of non-negotiable credits from the interactions is added to the account. In absence of a conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to in-game funds, a commerce partner does not accept the non-negotiable credits for in-game purchases for a computer game. The computer game is owned or controlled by the commerce partner. A quantity of the non-negotiable credits is subtracted from the account. The subtracted quantity of non-negotiable credits corresponds to a quantity of entity independent funds resulting from the conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to a quantity of the in-game funds in accordance with agreement terms established by the commerce partner and the entity. The commerce partner is compensated.