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Linking token detection at a single computing platform with a user identification to effectuate modifications in virtual space instances presented via multiple computing platforms

  • US 9,922,185 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2014
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system configured to link token detection at a single computing platform with a user identification to effectuate modifications in virtual space instances presented via multiple computing platforms, the system comprising;

  • one or more hardware processors configured by computer readable instructions to;

    manage user identifications associated with users of the system, the user identifications including a first user identification associated with a first user;

    implement instances of a virtual space to determine views of the virtual space for presentation via computing platforms associated with the users, the instances of the virtual space including a first instance and a second instance, both the first instance and the second instance being associated with the first user identification, the first instance being configured for presentation via a first computing platform, the second instance being configured for presentation via a second computing platform, both the first computing platform and the second computing platform being associated with the first user identification, the first computing platform being configured to facilitate communicative coupling with a token reader, the second computing platform lacking capability to communicatively couple with the token reader;

    effectuate communication of information defining the determined views of the virtual space to the computing platforms for presentation of the views on the computing platforms, the views of the virtual space including virtual space content, such that determined views of the first instance of the virtual space are communicated to the first computing platform, and the determined views of the second instance of the virtual space are communicated to the second computing platform, wherein the views of both the first instance and the second instance of the virtual space include a first character controlled by the first user and/or a first virtual item used by the first user;

    detect physical tokens based on signals received from the token reader, the token reader being communicatively coupled with the first computing platform, a given physical token being a standalone physical object, the physical tokens including a first token, the first token being detectable based on a first signal conveying information associated with the first token;

    associate detection of individual physical tokens with individual user identifications, detection of the first token being associated with the first user identification responsive to the first signal being received from the token reader communicatively coupled with the first computing platform; and

    effectuate modifications to virtual space content present in the views of the virtual space responsive to individual physical tokens being detected, the modifications including a first modification configured to be made responsive to the association between the detection of the first token and the first user identification, the first modification being observable in both the first instance via the first computing platform and the second instance via the second computing platform, the first modification including one or both of a modification to the first character or a modification to the first virtual item.

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