Patent ID: 8961315
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing, by a configured computing system of a game provider, multiple copies of an electronic game to multiple devices used by multiple users; sending, by the configured computing system, an electronic request to a remote task fulfillment system for information about multiple tasks that are available to be performed by humans in exchange for monetary fees, the multiple tasks provided to the task fulfillment system by task providers for performance by other human task performers affiliated with the task fulfillment system; receiving, by the configured computing system, the information about the multiple tasks from the task fulfillment system in response to the sent electronic request; during playing of the multiple copies of the electronic game by the multiple users, sending, by the configured computing system, the received results of the performance of the provided multiple tasks to the task fulfillment system; and receiving, by the configured computing system, monetary compensation for the game provider for the performance of the provided multiple tasks that is provided by the task providers, and providing, by the configured computing system, non-monetary virtual rewards to the multiple users for the performance of the provided multiple tasks, the provided non-monetary virtual rewards being rewards within the electronic game that are usable by the multiple users as part of the playing of the multiple copies of the electronic game on the multiple devices.