US 12,168,171 B2
Unlocking game content for users based on affiliation size
Kent Wakeford, Hillsborough, CA (US); and Clifford J. Harrington, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Kabam, inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,609.
Application 18/160,609 is a continuation of application No. 17/172,055, filed on Feb. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,583,763.
Application 17/172,055 is a continuation of application No. 16/447,516, filed on Jun. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,933,307, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 16/447,516 is a continuation of application No. 13/887,973, filed on May 6, 2013, granted, now 10,328,337, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166182 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01); A63F 13/73 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/35 (2014.09) [A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/73 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for unlocking game content for users of an online game, wherein the users are associated with client computing platforms, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
execute one or more instances of the online game to facilitate presentation of the online game to the users, wherein the users include a first user and a set of one or more other users, wherein the first user is associated with a first client computing platform, wherein the first user and the set of one or more other users are included in a first affiliation of users that is persistent over time;
determine a first affiliation size, wherein the first affiliation size represents how many users are included in the first affiliation; and
based on the first affiliation size, make content in the online game available to the first user, wherein the content in the online game is not available to the first user prior to determination of the first affiliation size.