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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Michael D. Marr, Monroe, WA (US);
Keith S. Kaplan, Bothell, WA (US);
Nathan T. Lewis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided that drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games. The system may include a microtransaction arrange matches to influence game-related purchases. For instance, the system may match a more expert/marquee player with a junior player to encourage the junior player to make game-related purchases of items possessed/used by the marquee player. A junior player may wish to emulate the marquee player by obtaining weapons or other items used by the marquee player.
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