Patent ID: 11944910
Assignee: KABAM, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method for providing modified benefits to multiple users by virtue of the multiple users being included in an affiliation of users within an online game, the method to be performed using one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:
obtaining affiliation information regarding one or more affiliations within the online games, wherein a given affiliation within the online game includes a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the online game, wherein the affiliations include a first affiliation that includes a first user and a second user as members, wherein the first affiliation is associated with a first affiliation-specific virtual item, and wherein the first affiliation-specific virtual item is usable within the online game by the members of the first affiliation;
obtaining information regarding one or more of the users providing at least one of resources, currency, and/or one or more virtual items to modify a first value of a first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item; and
modifying the first value of the first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item.