Patent ID: 9248373
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving, through at least one input device, an indication of an activity by a first user on a first gaming user account of a first computer implemented gaming system; sending a communication to a computer implemented social network system separate from the first computer implemented gaming system, causing the computer implemented social network system to display a notification based on the indication of the activity by the first user in the first computer implemented gaming system; wherein the communication includes information enabling the computer implemented social network system to affiliate the indication of the activity by the first user with a first social network user account of the computer implemented social network system, the first social network user account belonging to the first user; wherein the first gaming user account and the first social network user account are un-affiliated different user accounts such that the first gaming user account is separate and distinct from the first social network user account; wherein the activity by the first user comprises joining a multiplayer game or moving to a different virtual location, and wherein the method further comprises: wherein the communication to the computer implemented social network system further causes the notification to include the link.