Patent ID: 8986096
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of updating a user account balance associated with a user based on outcomes of real-world wagers placed on behalf of the user and revealing portions of the user account balance or strategic items through an interactive media application based on user interactions with the interactive media application, 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, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising: causing, by the computer system, a real-world wager to be placed on behalf of the user; obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the real-world wager; updating, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the outcome; determining, by the computer system, an amount of the user account balance to be potentially revealed; identifying, by the computer system, a strategic item that is usable in association with the interactive media application based on the amount; transmitting, by the computer system to the interactive media application, information that specifies a selectable list of items that includes the amount and the strategic item; receiving, by the computer system, back from the interactive media application, information relating to a reveal of the amount or the strategic item; and updating, by the computer system, the user through the user account balance based on the information received back from the interactive media application.