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Payment options for virtual credit

  • US 7,991,691 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2010
  • Issued: 08/02/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of creating credit transactions in a fictional world environment, comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    memory electronically coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to perform the following steps;

    providing a virtual charge card account to a user in the fictional world environment;

    incorporating a benchmark completion requirement based on an activity of the user in the fictional world environment as a basis for giving the user an option to transition from the virtual charge card account to an actual financial account; and

    transitioning the user to usage of the actual financial account responsive to the user completing the benchmark completion requirement.

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