Patent ID: 9403093
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A system for providing awards in an online game based on a platform, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: execute an instance of a game space for the online game, and to use the instance of the game space to generate state information that is transmitted over a network to client computing platforms, wherein the transmission of the state information over the network facilitates presentation of views of the game space to users on client computing platforms associated with the users that causes the client computing platforms to display the views of the game space, and to enable interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by performing operations in the game space in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platforms associated with the users, the users including a first user that accesses the online game through multiple platforms including a first platform and a second platform; monitor interactions of the users with the online game through the multiple platforms such that interaction of the first user with the online game through the first platform and the second platform is monitored; manage user profiles including user information related to participating in the online game through the multiple platforms such that the user information is based on the monitored interactions and includes user information for the first user that describes interaction of the first user with the online game through the first platform and the second platform; determine user value metrics for the users on the individual platforms such that a first user value metric for the first user on the first platform and a second user value metric for the first user on the second platform are determined based on the user information stored in the user profiles; and provide virtual rewards to users in the online game responsive to users participating in or completing activities, the activities including a first activity, wherein responsive to the first user completing the first activity, a reward to provide the users is determined based on the platform through which the user is accessing the online game to perform the first activity.