Patent ID: 8840465

Claim:
A system configured to provide external notifications of events that take place within virtual spaces, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a user module configured to manage user platform profiles associated with individual users, the user platform profiles include a first platform profile associated with a first user, wherein the user platform profiles comprise: information related to virtual game spaces the users participate in such that, responsive to the first user participating in a first virtual game space and a second virtual game space, the first platform profile includes information related to the participation of the first user in the first virtual game space and the second virtual game space; and sets of notification information that facilitate determinations as to whether notifications related to the virtual game spaces should be sent to the users such that the first platform profile includes a first set of notification information that facilitates determinations as to whether notifications related to the first virtual game space and the second virtual game space should be transmitted to the first user; a notification determination module configured to determine whether notifications regarding individual events in the first virtual game space and/or individual events in the second virtual game space should be generated for transmission to the first user based on the first set of notification information.