Patent ID: 9552694
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of revealing, through an interactive media application, at least portions of a user account balance that is updated based on outcomes of wagers triggered by user interactions with other interactive media applications, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising: obtaining, by the computer system, an indication of a first user interaction with a first interactive media application; placing, by the computer system, a wager through a real currency wagering system on behalf of a user responsive to the indication of the first user interaction; obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the wager, wherein the outcome is associated with a payout; updating, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the outcome, wherein the user account balance is associated with a first balance representative of a revealed portion of the user account balance and a second balance representative of an unrevealed portion of the user account balance, and wherein updating the user account balance based on the outcome comprises incrementing the second balance based on the payout; receiving, by the computer system, from the interactive media application, a request for a reveal specification via an application programming interface (API); causing, by the computer system, the reveal specification to be transmitted, via a network, to a user device that executes the interactive media application responsive to the request, wherein the reveal specification comprises information that specifies a portion of the user account balance to be revealed to the interactive media application; obtaining, by the computer system, an indication of a second user interaction with a second interactive media application different from the first interactive media application, wherein the second user interaction is associated with a user input with at least one physical input; and revealing, by the computer system, information specifying at least a portion of the user account balance to the second interactive media application based on the second user interaction to give the appearance that the user won the revealed portion based on the second user interaction.