Patent ID: 11904240
Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for presenting online game content to participants, the online game based on presentation control devices, the method being implemented in an online gaming system that includes one or more physical processors and a first storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
executing a computer-generated instance of an online game to implement the computer-generated instance of the online game by determining state information and transmitting the state information over a network to presentation control devices to facilitate participation of the participants in the online game by participants associated with the presentation control devices, wherein the determined state information is based on data received from the presentation control devices, and wherein the determined state information corresponds to views for virtual characters being controlled by the participants via one or more input devices electronically connected to associated presentation control devices, wherein the online gaming system and the presentation control devices are electronically connected over a network such that data can be transmitted back and forth between the online gaming system and the presentation control devices;
storing, in the first storage media of the online gaming system, and managing game content sets corresponding to each of the presentation control devices, wherein each of the game content sets includes content made available at each of the presentation control devices while executing the computer-generated instance of the online game, wherein the game content sets include: (i) a first game content set corresponding to a first presentation control device and a first user account corresponding to a first participant, and (ii) a second game content set corresponding to a second presentation control device and a second user account corresponding to a second participant, wherein the first presentation control device is associated with a first device type and the second control device is associated with a second device type different from the first device type, wherein the first game content set corresponding to the first presentation control device is configured to be made available to the first participant when accessing the online game from the first presentation control device based at least in part on the first user account, but not when accessing the online game from a second presentation control device, and wherein a second game content set different from the first game content set is configured to be made available to the second participant when accessing the online game from the second presentation control device based at least in part on the second user account, wherein the second game content set is configured to be inaccessible by the first participant when accessing the online game from the first presentation control device using the first user account and also when accessing the online game from the second presentation control device using the first user account;
determining that the first game content set is to be made available to the first presentation control device based at least in part on the online game being accessed by the first user account from the first presentation control device;
effectuating presentation of the first game content set on the first presentation control device based on the execution of the computer-generated instance of the online game to facilitate participation in the first game content set by the first participant accessing the online game using the first user account from the first presentation control device, wherein the first game content set corresponds to the first user account of the first participant and does not correspond to the second user account of the second participant; and
determining that the second game content set stored on the first storage media of the online gaming system is not to be made available to the second presentation control device from the first storage media of the online gaming system in response to: (1) a determination that the second user account was used to log into the online game from the second presentation control device; and (2) a determination, made by a presence detection module of the online gaming system, that the second participant is not present at the second presentation control device when an attempt is made at the second presentation control device to access the online game.