Patent ID: 11869026
Assignee: KABAM, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method for providing virtual items to users of an online game, the method performed by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors, the method comprising:
storing information electronically, wherein the stored information includes information indicating one or more affiliations having a functional significance between one or more of the users of the online game, wherein the one or more affiliations include a first affiliation associated with a first user and a second user;
executing, by a game component, an instance of the online game;
causing, by the one or more physical processors, presentation on user interfaces included in client computing platforms of offers to sell virtual items to the users such that a first offer to sell a first set of virtual items is presented to at least the first user and the second user, wherein the first offer is associated with parameters that are included in the presentation, wherein the parameters include:
(i) the first set of virtual items that are offered for sale, and
(ii) one or more characteristics of at least a first virtual item included in the first set of virtual items;

receiving information indicating one or more acceptances of the offers by one or more of the users, including a first acceptance of the first offer by the first user and a second acceptance of the first offer by the second user;
responsive to receiving at least a threshold number or percentage of acceptances, causing a second presentation on the user interfaces of the client computing platforms of adjusted offers to sell the virtual items to the users such that an adjusted first offer to sell the virtual items is presented to at least the first user and the second user, wherein the adjusted first offer is associated with adjusted parameters that are included in the second presentation, wherein the adjusted parameters include one or more adjustments of the one or more characteristics; and
distributing, by the distribution component, the virtual items to the users, wherein distribution of the virtual items includes:
(i) responsive to receiving an acceptance of the adjusted first offer, distributing the first set of virtual items in accordance with the adjusted first offer, and else,
(ii) responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first offer but not of the adjusted first offer, distributing the first set of virtual items in accordance with the first offer.