Patent ID: 8454442
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer, the method comprising: communicating, by the computer, with a plurality of game devices to provide a virtual video game environment, identifying, by the computer, game parameters which can be completed by receiving help from another player character; permitting, by the computer, a first player character of the plurality of player characters to post a request for help for the other players to view; permitting, by the computer, a second player character of the plurality of player characters to accept the request for help; permitting, by the computer, the second player character to provide help to the first player character by modifying a virtual item of the first player character; determining, by the computer, whether the first player character successfully completes a first game parameter by having the virtual item of the first player character modified by the second player character; and providing, by the computer, a benefit to the second player character based on whether the first player character successfully completes the first game parameter.