Patent ID: 9604149
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for enabling online purchases of physical status items associated with an entertainment platform, the method comprising: determining, using a computing device, that a player of the entertainment platform has achieved a first non-monetary objective defined in the entertainment platform; upon determining that the player has achieved the first non-monetary objective, providing an indicia within the entertainment platform that the player has achieved the first non-monetary objective and that a first physical status item that indicates achievement of the first non-monetary objective is available to be purchased as a reward for achieving the first non-monetary objective; electronically transmitting, using the computing device, the indicia to a store, wherein in response to the indicia, the store is configured to: determining, using the computing device, that the player has achieved a second non-monetary objective defined in the entertainment platform, informing the store that the player has achieved the second non-monetary objective, wherein the store is configured to allow the player to purchase a second physical status item for achieving the second non-monetary objective, the second physical status item is related to the first physical status item and, when purchased, is physically attachable to the first physical status item by the player.