Patent ID: 9381433
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program while executing on a computer causes the computer to: implement a role-play module operable to monitor an external social networking platform; receive, at the role-play module, an indication of a role-play game task from a first player located in a physical environment where a role-play game is conducted, the role-play game task to be performed by the first player in the role-play game, the external social networking platform being external to the physical environment; provide the indication from the role-play module to the external social networking platform, wherein the indication is provided in a form that allows the external social networking platform to provide the indication to a second player remotely situated from the physical environment; using the role-play module, asynchronously receiving, from the second player, an instruction for an action to be performed during the role-play game task by the first player in the role-play game to assist the first player in completion of the role-play game task; and provide the instruction to the first player.