Patent ID: 8968082
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of maintaining a revealed balance and an unrevealed balance associated with real-world wager payouts of a user to provide a perception of a change in value of the revealed balance based on user interactions with interactive media even though a true change in value has not occurred, 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, an unrevealed balance associated with one or more user accounts of the user to be stored, wherein the unrevealed balance includes one or more payouts from one or more real-world wagers placed on behalf of the user, the one or more payouts not having been communicated to the user by the computer system; causing, by the computer system, a revealed balance associated with the one or more user accounts of the user to be stored, wherein the revealed balance is communicated to the user so that the user is aware of the revealed balance and perceives the revealed balance to reflect a true value associated with the one or more accounts; receiving, by the computer system, an indication that an event based on a user input that causes a change in value to the revealed balance has occurred, wherein the change in value is communicated to the user to provide a perception that the true value of the one or more user accounts has changed; updating, by the computer system, the revealed balance based on the change in value; and updating, by the computer system, the unrevealed balance based on an inverse of the change in value so that the true value of the one or more user accounts remains the same despite the perception that the true value of the one or more user accounts has changed.