Patent ID: 9330531
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A multi-user game computing system that communicates alliance information during a game to mobile devices associated with alliance members, the system comprising: one or more physical computer processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a primary display module configured to determine and effectuate presentation of a view of a game space on a primary client device, the view forming a multi-user graphical user interface through which multiple users present at the primary client device input game commands for concomitant gameplay by the multiple users of a multi-user game within the game space; a secondary display module configured to: (i) obtain alliance information that describes an alliance having multiple alliance members, (ii) identify respective mobile devices of the alliance members participating in gameplay through the multi-user graphical user interface presented on the primary client device, and (iii) communicate the alliance information to the respective mobile devices of the alliance members for presentation to the alliance members on the respective mobile devices in conjunction with participation in gameplay through the multi-user graphical user interface presented on the primary client device, such alliance information being supplemental information for the alliance members during gameplay; and an alliance management module configured to classify alliance information into one or more categories individually associated with a level of security such that at least some categories of alliance information are accessible by only a subset of the alliance members.