System and method for providing awards to players of a game
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1. A system for providing awards for players of an online game, the system comprising:
- one or more physical computer processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;
facilitate participation by multiple users in the online game through client computing platforms associated with the users;
manage user profiles associated with the users, wherein the user profiles include;
indications of one or more affiliations within the online game comprising a discrete group of the users with a relationship having a functional significance within the online game that has an impact on game play;
such that the profiles of the users include a first user profile for a first user having an indication that the first user is associated with a first affiliation and a second user profile for a second user having an indication that the second user is associated with the first affiliation;
present, through a store interface, offers to sell container instances of virtual containers, the offers including a first offer to sell an instance of a first virtual container at a first associated user cost, the virtual containers being associated with sets of potential awards which are associated with sets of probabilities, such that the first virtual container is associated with a first set of potential awards including a first potential award, the first set of potential awards being associated with a first set of probabilities;
receive activation requests from users for the offered container instances of the virtual containers, such that a first activation request for the first virtual container is received from the first user;
determine, using the set of probabilities associated with an activated virtual container and responsive to receiving an activation request, an award from the set of potential awards associated with the activated virtual container to provide to an activating user, such that a first award from the first set of potential awards of the first virtual container is determined for distribution to the first user based on the first set of probabilities; and
,distribute, in response to determining the award to provide to the activating user from the activated virtual container, the award to the activating user and one or more benefits for the users associated with an affiliation of the activating user, such that in response to determining the first award from the first virtual container activated by the first user to be distributed to the first user, the first award is distributed to the first user, and, responsive to the first award being distributed to the first user, one or more first benefits are provided for the users associated with the first affiliation, such that one or more of the first benefits is provided for the second user.
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Abstract
One aspect of the disclosure relates to a multi-prize mystery box that provides an award to users who activate the mystery boxes and benefits to members of affiliations associated with the activating users. Users of an association may be provided notifications informing the users that the activating user has provided them with a benefit, increasing recognition of the activating user in the game.
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1. A system for providing awards for players of an online game, the system comprising:
one or more physical computer processors configured by machine-readable instructions to; facilitate participation by multiple users in the online game through client computing platforms associated with the users; manage user profiles associated with the users, wherein the user profiles include; indications of one or more affiliations within the online game comprising a discrete group of the users with a relationship having a functional significance within the online game that has an impact on game play; such that the profiles of the users include a first user profile for a first user having an indication that the first user is associated with a first affiliation and a second user profile for a second user having an indication that the second user is associated with the first affiliation; present, through a store interface, offers to sell container instances of virtual containers, the offers including a first offer to sell an instance of a first virtual container at a first associated user cost, the virtual containers being associated with sets of potential awards which are associated with sets of probabilities, such that the first virtual container is associated with a first set of potential awards including a first potential award, the first set of potential awards being associated with a first set of probabilities; receive activation requests from users for the offered container instances of the virtual containers, such that a first activation request for the first virtual container is received from the first user; determine, using the set of probabilities associated with an activated virtual container and responsive to receiving an activation request, an award from the set of potential awards associated with the activated virtual container to provide to an activating user, such that a first award from the first set of potential awards of the first virtual container is determined for distribution to the first user based on the first set of probabilities; and
,distribute, in response to determining the award to provide to the activating user from the activated virtual container, the award to the activating user and one or more benefits for the users associated with an affiliation of the activating user, such that in response to determining the first award from the first virtual container activated by the first user to be distributed to the first user, the first award is distributed to the first user, and, responsive to the first award being distributed to the first user, one or more first benefits are provided for the users associated with the first affiliation, such that one or more of the first benefits is provided for the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing awards for players of an online game, the method to be performed on one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:
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facilitating participation by multiple users in the online game through client computing platforms associated with the users; managing one or more user profiles associated with the users, wherein the one or more user profiles include; indications of one or more affiliations within the online game comprising a discrete group of the users with a relationship having a functional significance within the online game that has an impact on game play; such that the profiles of the users include a first user profile for a first user having an indication that the first user is associated with a first affiliation and a second user profile for a second user having an indication that the second user is associated with the first affiliation; presenting, through a store interface, offers to sell container instances of virtual containers, the offers including a first offer to sell an instance of a first virtual container at a first associated user cost, the virtual containers being associated with sets of potential awards which are associated with sets of probabilities, such that the first virtual container is associated with a first set of potential awards including a first potential award, the first set of potential awards being associated with a first set of probabilities; receiving activation requests from users for the offered container instances of the virtual containers, such that a first activation request for the first virtual container is received from the first user; determining, using the set of probabilities associated with an activated virtual container and responsive to receiving an activation request, an award from the set of potential awards associated with the activated virtual container to provide to an activating user, such that a first award from the first set of potential awards of the first virtual container is determined for distribution to the first user based on the first set of probabilities; and
,distributing, in response to determining the award to provide to an activating user from the activated virtual container, the award to the activating user, such that, in response to determining the first award from the first virtual container activated by the first user to be distributed to the first user, the first award is distributed to the first user, and, in response to the first award being distributed to the first user, one or more first benefits are provided for the users associated with the first affiliation, such that one or more of the first benefits is provided for the second user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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