Patent ID: 8751344

Claim:
A method performed by a computer, the method comprising: running, by a Video Game Central Server, a massive multi player online game that is operable to simultaneously support a plurality of players via a plurality of video game devices, in which each of the players controls at least one player character, receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, from at least one of the player characters, a request to register a fund; determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the player character requesting to register a fund fulfills one or more fund requirements defined by stored rules; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, funding from the player character; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, from the player character a guarantee of the funding using a credit card account; receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, an application for a project to be funded by the fund; determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the project that is to be funded by the fund qualifies for funding from the fund; and registering, by the Video Game Central Server, the project and an ownership percentage of the player character in the project.