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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Michael Veprinsky, Encino, CA (US);
Allan D. Jones, Jr., Valencia, CA (US);
Michael Veprinsky, Encino, CA (US);
Allan D. Jones, Jr., Valencia, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling purchases of status items associated with an online virtual game is disclosed. The method involves: determining that a player of the online virtual game has achieved a first objective defined in the online virtual game, and informing an online store that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow the player to purchase a first status item for achieving the first objective. The first status item comprises a real-world indication that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow a particular player to purchase a particular status item associated with achieving a particular objective in the online virtual game that conveys that the particular player has, in fact, achieved the particular objective. The online store is configured to not allow the particular player to purchase the particular status item without actually having achieved the particular objective.