Patent ID: 8751344
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer, the method comprising: running, by a Video Game Central Server, a massive multi player online game that is operable to simultaneously support a plurality of players via a plurality of video game devices, receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, from at least one of the player characters, a request to register a fund; determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the player character requesting to register a fund fulfills one or more fund requirements defined by stored rules; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, funding from the player character; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, from the player character a guarantee of the funding using a credit card account; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, an application for a project to be funded by the fund; determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the project that is to be funded by the fund qualifies for funding from the fund; and registering, by the Video Game Central Server, the project and an ownership percentage of the player character in the project.