Patent ID: 8825087

Claim:
A system configured to trigger events in a virtual space, the system comprising: a server comprising one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a location module configured to obtain real-world location information indicating a real-world location of the first user; a space trigger module configured to obtain event information specifying real-world location criteria that will trigger an event within a shared, interactive virtual space hosted over the internet, to compare the real-world location information for the first user with the real-world location criteria for the event, and, responsive to the real-world location information indicating the first user has satisfied the real-world location criteria for the event, triggering the event for the first user in the virtual space, wherein the space trigger module is configured to obtain the event information for the event triggered for the first user via a graphical user interface configured to receive entry or selection of the event information from a second user that is different from the first user.