Patent ID: 8961301
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of triggering real-world wagers through an interactive media application and updating a user account balance based on one or more outcomes of one or more real-world wagers placed on behalf of the user, 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: receiving, by the computer system, a wager trigger that causes one or more real-world wagers to be placed on behalf of a user without an explicit request by a user for the one or more real-world wagers; causing, by the computer system, a real-world wager to be placed on behalf of the user based on the wager trigger; 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; transmitting, by the computer system, to the interactive media application, information that specifies an amount of the the user account balance to be potentially revealed to the user through the interactive media application; receiving, by the computer system, back from the interactive media application, information relating to an amount revealed to the user, in response to a user input, 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.