Systems and methods for awarding user accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual user accounts

Number: 10304287
Published: 2019-05-28
Filed: 2015-10-28
Assignee: Disney Enterprise, Inc.
Inventors: Nelson; Robert et al.
CPC: A63F13/46; A63F13/335; G07F17/3241; G07F17/323; G07F17/3255
Verdict: Set aside awarding user accounts video game unique info, game/gambling
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

Users may access a virtual space and/or video game taking place in the virtual space by logging into user accounts via computing platforms. The user accounts may include values for one or more attributes of the user accounts. The user accounts may be periodically rewarded based on values included in the user accounts matching a winning value. The values in the user accounts may include account-specific values that may be unique to a corresponding user account. A winning value may be determined from a pool of account-specific values such that for a given winning value, a single winning user account may be determined.

Background

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE(1) This disclosure relates to awarding user accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual user accounts.BACKGROUND(2) Users may access virtual spaces via computing platforms by logging into respective user accounts. A virtual space may include a video game taking place in the virtual space. Awarding user accounts with virtual items and/or goods may provide a technique to keep users engaged in a video game and/or to otherwise enhance their gameplay experience. In some instances, awarding may come in the form of periodic award-giving events where awards may be given to a plurality of user accounts. For example, a daily award may be provided to user accounts of users of a video game. However, users may lose interest in such periodic events since the “winner” pool is so saturated that the users may not feel they are getting anything of substantial value, even if the awards themselves carry some value in the virtual space and/or video game. Users may also get bored of periodic awards since they may be automatically provided to the user accounts and may not require any participation by the users in order to redeem them.SUMMARY(3) One aspect of the disclosure relates to a system configured for providing awards to user accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual ones of the user accounts. Awards may be provided to user accounts through awarding events that t

Claims

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A system to provide awards to user video game accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual ones of the user video game accounts, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by computer-readable instructions to: manage user video game accounts associated with users of a video game, user participation in the video game including controlling associated game entities within the video game, individual ones of the user video game accounts including values for one or more attributes, wherein individual ones of the user video game accounts include one or more account-specific values that are unique to the corresponding user video game account, the one or more attributes including a physical object identification attribute, individual values of the physical object identification attribute included in the individual user video game accounts specifying individual unique identifications of individual physical objects associated with the individual user video game accounts, the individual physical objects being associated with individual game entities and embodying a visual appearance of the associated individual game entities, the individual physical objects being detectable by readers operatively coupled to or included in computing platforms used to access the video game, wherein the individual physical objects are associated with individual game entities by virtue of the detection of the individual physical objects causing the associated individual game entities to be instantiated into the video game, the user video game accounts including; a first user video game account of a first user, the first user video game account including a first account-specific value for a first attribute, the first attribute being the physical object identification attribute, the first account-specific value specifying a first unique identification of a first physical object, the first physical object being associated with a first game entity such that the first physical object embodies a visual appearance of the first game entity and causes, based on detection of the first physical object by an individual reader coupled to or included in an individual computing platform, the first game entity to be instantiated into the video game; select one or more attributes, the selected one or more attributes including the first attribute; determine one or more winning values for the one or more selected attributes, the one or more winning values determined from a pool of values for the one or more selected attributes included in the user video game accounts, the determined one or more winning values including a first winning value determined from a first pool of values for the first attribute, the first pool of values including values for the first attribute included in the user video game accounts of multiple users such that the first pool of values includes a pool of unique identifications of physical objects associated with the user video game accounts of the multiple users; associate one or more awards with one or more winning values, including associating a first award with the first winning value; and provide the one or more awards to one or more winning user video game accounts based on values for the selected one or more attributes included in the one or more winning user video game accounts matching the one or more winning values and the one or more winning user video game accounts conveying satisfaction of award redemption criteria, such that the first award is provided to the first user video game account based on the first account-specific value matching the first winning value and the first user video game account conveying satisfaction of first award redemption criteria, the first award redemption criteria including the user video game accounts conveying detection, at one or more specified times, of the physical objects by the readers operatively coupled to or included in the computing platforms used to access the video game, such that responsive to the first user video game account conveying detection of the first physical object by a first reader operatively coupled to or included with a first computing platform at a first specified time, the first award redemption criteria is satisfied. | 9. A method to provide awards to user video game accounts associated with users of a video game based on information that is unique to individual ones of the user video game accounts, the method being implemented in a computer system including one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising: managing user video game accounts associated with users of a video game, user participation in the video game including controlling associated game entities within the video game, individual ones of the user video game accounts including values for one or more attributes, wherein individual ones of the user video game accounts include one or more account-specific values that are unique to the corresponding user video game account, the one or more attributes including a physical object identification attribute, individual values of the physical object identification attribute included in the individual user video game accounts specifying individual unique identifications of individual physical objects associated with the individual user video game accounts, the individual physical objects being associated with individual game entities and embodying a visual appearance of the associated individual game entities, the individual physical objects being detectable by readers operatively coupled to or included in computing platforms used to access the video game, wherein the individual physical objects are associated with individual game entities by virtue of the detection of the individual physical objects causing the associated individual game entities to be instantiated into the video game, the user video game accounts including: a first user video game account of a first user, the first user video game account including a first account-specific value for a first attribute, the first attribute being the physical object identification attribute, the first account-specific value specifying a first unique identification of a first physical object, the first physical object being associated with a first game entity such that the first physical object embodies a visual appearance of the first game entity and causes, based on detection of the first physical object by an individual reader coupled to or included in an individual computing platform, the first game entity to be instantiated into the video game; selecting one or more attributes, including selecting the first attribute; determining one or more winning values for the one or more selected attributes, the one or more winning values determined from a pool of values for the one or more selected attributes included in the user video game accounts, including determining a first winning value from a first pool of values for the first attribute, the first pool of values including values for the first attribute included in the user video game accounts of multiple users such that the first pool of values includes a pool of unique identifications of physical objects associated with the user video game accounts of the multiple users; associating one or more awards with one or more winning values, including associating a first award with the first winning value; and providing the one or more awards to one or more winning user video game accounts based on values for the selected one or more attributes included in the one or more winning user video game accounts matching the one or more winning values and the one or more winning user video game accounts conveying satisfaction of award redemption criteria, including providing the first award to the first user video game account based on the first account-specific value matching the first winning value and the first user video game account conveying satisfaction of first award redemption criteria, the first award redemption criteria including the user video game accounts conveying detection, at one or more specified times, of the physical objects by the readers operatively coupled to or included in the computing platforms used to access the video game, such that responsive to the first user video game account conveying detection of the first physical object by a first reader operatively coupled to or included with a first computing platform at a first specified time, the first award redemption criteria is satisfied.