Patent ID: 9623338
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A system configured to facilitate communication to affiliated players of an online game via communication mediums external to the online game, the system comprising: one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: execute an instance of a virtual space in which an online game takes place, and to implement the instance of the virtual space to transmit game state information determined from the instance of the virtual space over a network to a client computing platform associated with a player to facilitate presentation of views of the virtual space to the player in an interface, and to facilitate interaction of the player with the virtual space by executing actions in the instance of the virtual space in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platform associated with the player; manage one or more affiliations within the virtual space, an individual affiliation comprising a discrete group of players with a relationship having a functional significance within the virtual space, wherein the player is included in a first affiliation comprising a first discrete group of players, and wherein the player is associated with communication permissions;