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System and method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space

Grant US12586097B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Kabam, Inc.

Inventors

John Kim, Kevin Lee, Kevin Chanthasiriphan, Wei-Ling Wu Deckinga, Tomi Huttula

Abstract

Participation by multiple users in an online game through client computing platforms associated with the users is facilitated. User accounts associated with the users indicate affiliations having a functional significance between users. Presentation of offers to sell virtual items are provided to users having a first affiliation and to users having a second affiliation. The virtual items associated with the offers are distributed to the users having a first affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the first affiliation have accepted the offer and are not distributed to users having a second affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the second affiliation have not accepted the offer.

CPC Classifications

G06Q 30/0209 G06Q 30/0214 A63F 13/847 A63F 13/87 A63F 2300/575 G06F 3/048 G06T 19/00

Filing Date

2023-11-30

Application No.

18525066

Claims

16