System and method for facilitating a game through a primary client device and in-game content purchases through a mobile device

US9721284B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Aftershock Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kent Wakeford · Hillsborough, US
• Clifford J. Harrington · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0643
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating a primary display comprising information that facilitates visual presentation of a view of a game space to a primary client device and facilitating purchases of content for use in the game through a secondary client device such as a user's smartphone. The system may include a game device that allows a user to play a video game or otherwise interact with a virtual environment using the primary client device and purchase content for use in the video game using a secondary client device while playing the video game using the primary client device. The purchased content may be integrated into the game space such that purchased content is available for use while the user is playing the video game.