Patent ID: 9387403
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A63F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: sending to a first user of a first game and a second game an invitation to earn at least one in-game asset for the first game based on the first user satisfying at least one requirement in the second game currently played by a second user, the second user having a pre-defined degree of social network connection with the first user; based on receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the first user, in an automated operation using one or more processors, analyzing activity of the first user in the second game; providing, from a second game asset inventory of the second user, the at least one in-game asset to the first user in the first game based on determining analyzed activity of the first user in the second game satisfies the at least one requirement, wherein the first game comprises a plurality of first game features requiring use of the at least one in-game asset and the second game comprises a plurality of second game features requiring use of the at least one in-game asset; determining, for the at least one in-game asset, a first game value higher than a second game value due to the plurality of first game features comprising more game features than the plurality of second game features; and generating visual expression data, using at least one processor, comprising graphics data representative of a transfer mechanism transferring the at least one in-game asset between a displayed instance of the second game played by the second user to a displayed instance of the first game played by the first user, the visual expression data further comprising a visual indicator of the at least one in-game asset to be presented by the transfer mechanism as the transfer mechanism leaves the displayed instance of the second game played by the second user and arrives in the displayed instance of the first game played by the first user.