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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Travis Hawk, San Bruno, CA (US);
Willem Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Sellers, Pacifica, CA (US);
Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An online gaming system including virtual items that transcend multiple character deaths. The online game may take place within a virtual space. Users may interact with the online game by controlling virtual characters within the virtual space. A health parameter may be determined for the characters such that responsive to the health parameter reaching a threshold level, the character may be considered dead in the online game. After character death, users must take on new characters to interact with the online game. User-level inventories may be managed that include one or more virtual items which are made available to the user even after the death of a character which was used when the item was acquired.