Patent ID: 9520032
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium with executable instructions stored thereon executed by a computer processor to perform a method comprising: retrieving, over a communications network, a list of friends based on information stored in a social data repository of a first user associated with a social media slots game, the list of friends including one or more second users, the one or more second users having installed the social media slots game on a respective computing device or being registered to play the social media slots game on a social media site; simulating gambling slots reels in a session of the social media slots game, wherein the first user can spin the simulated gambling slots reels a number of times during the session of the social media slots game, the number of times being based on a number of the one or more second users included in the list of friends; presenting a plurality of adventure elements in the session of the social media slots game, the plurality of adventure elements enabling the first user to traverse through at least one virtual world of a plurality of virtual worlds by advancing from location to location of a plurality of locations within the at least one virtual world upon scoring a predetermined number of points while playing the social media slots game, the plurality of virtual worlds representing geographic regions; and presenting a plurality of virality elements in the session of the social media slots game, the plurality of virality elements enabling the first user to invite one or more third users to play the social media slots game.