Patent ID: 9070252
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of allocating items, to a user account balance associated with a user, that are to be revealed through an 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: identifying, by the computer system, an item to be revealed to the user; allocating, by the computer system, the item to the user account balance, wherein the user account balance includes a plurality of items allocated to the user; selecting, by the computer system, the item from among the plurality of items to be revealed to the user; selecting, by the computer system, the interactive media application from among a plurality of interactive media applications in which to reveal the item based on one or more parameters that specify a manner in which to reveal the item; transmitting, by the computer system, information that specifies a reveal of the item to the interactive media application; receiving, by the computer system, back from the interactive media application, information indicating whether the item was revealed through the interactive media application; and updating, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the information received back from the interactive media application.