Patent ID: 8727887

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a presence of a player of a computer-implemented game at a physical location, the computer-implemented game including a virtual world, the player of the computer-implemented game controlling a player character in the virtual world; detecting a presence of an additional player of the computer-implemented game at the physical location, the additional player of the computer-implemented game controlling an additional player character in the virtual world; and enabling the player to transfer a virtual item from an inventory of the player character to an inventory of the additional player character based on the detection of the presence of the player at the physical location and the detection of the presence of the additional player at the physical location, the transferring of the virtual item from the inventory of the player character to the inventory of the additional player character helping the player character complete a quest in the virtual world, wherein the enabling of the player to transfer the virtual item is performed by a processor.