Patent ID: 8398490
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating career management in an online environment, the method performed by a computer, the method comprising: acquiring via a player user interface, preliminary player information from a player including a player's current career position and the player's future career goals; generating a virtual career path for the player based on the player's current career position and the player's future career goals, the virtual career path including one or more challenges for the player to complete in the online environment, wherein completion of the one or more challenges causes the player to gain skills relevant to reaching the player's future career goals; presenting, via the player user interface, a visual representation of the virtual career path including the one or more challenges; tracking completion of the one or more challenges in the online environment; and responsive to the completion of the one or more challenges, indicating via the player user interface, a representation of an award given to the player for completion of the one or more challenges, and updating the player's progress on the virtual career path based on the one or more completed challenges.