FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling sales permissions pertaining to sales activities by users of an online game that are related to virtual items within the online game.

BACKGROUND

Certain types of parental controls on certain types of online and/or electronic entertainment are known. Age restrictions on certain types of online and/or electronic entertainment are known, in particular with regard to purchasing activities that use banking information, e.g., through credit cards.

SUMMARY

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system configured for controlling permissions pertaining to activities by users of an online game that are related to virtual items within the online game. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions. The processor(s) may be configured to store information on electronic storage related to the users of the online game. The users may include a supervisory user and a first user. The information may establish a connection between the supervisory user and a first user account. The first user account maybe associated with the first user. The first user account may include a first user inventory of a first set of virtual items. Usage of individual ones of the first set of virtual items may be under control of the first user. The processor(s) may be configured to execute an instance of the online game and implement the instance of the online game by receiving and executing commands. The commands may be received from users through client computing platforms associated with the users. Execution of the commands may facilitate interactions between the users, and to determine view information for presentation of the online game to the users on the client computing platforms. The processor(s) may be configured to receive supervisory input, from a supervisory client computing platform associated with the supervisory user. The supervisory input may reflect entry and/or selection by the supervisory user of one or more permissions pertaining to one or more activities. The one or more activities may be related to sales and/or offers for sale of one or more virtual items from the first set of virtual items. The processor(s) may be configured to receive first user input, from a first client computing platform associated with the first user. The first user input may reflect entry and/or selection by the first user of one or more particular virtual items from the first set of virtual items. The first user input further corresponds to a request by the first user to perform a sale and/or an offer for sale of the one or more particular virtual items. The processor(s) may be configured to determine whether the request is in accordance with the one or more permissions. The processor(s) may be configured to effectuate a performance of the sale and/or the offer for sale of the one or more particular virtual items, responsive to a determination that the request is permitted under the one or more permissions. The processor(s) may be configured to effectuate presentation of a notification to the first user that conveys the first user lacks permission to effectuate the request, responsive to a determination that the request is not permitted under the one or more permissions.

Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for controlling permissions pertaining to activities by users of an online game that are related to virtual items within the online game. The method may include storing information on electronic storage related to the users of the online game. The users may include a supervisory user and a first user. The information may establish a connection between the supervisory user and a first user account. The first user account may be associated with the first user. The first user account may include a first user inventory of a first set of virtual items. Usage of individual ones of the first set of virtual items may be under control of the first user. The method may include executing an instance of the online game and implementing the instance of the online game by receiving and executing commands. The commands may be received from users through client computing platforms associated with the users. Execution of the commands may facilitate interactions between the users, and to determine view information for presentation of the online game to the users on the client computing platforms. The method may include receiving supervisory input, from a supervisory client computing platform associated with the supervisory user. The supervisory input may reflect entry and/or selection by the supervisory user of one or more permissions pertaining to one or more activities. The one or more activities may be related to sales and/or offers for sale of one or more virtual items from the first set of virtual items. The method may include receiving first user input, from a first client computing platform associated with the first user. The first user input may reflect entry and/or selection by the first user of one or more particular virtual items from the first set of virtual items. The first user input further corresponds to a request by the first user to perform a sale and/or an offer for sale of the one or more particular virtual items. The method may include determining whether the request is in accordance with the one or more permissions. The method may include effectuating a performance of the sale and/or the offer for sale of the one or more particular virtual items, responsive to a determination that the request is permitted under the one or more permissions. The method may include effectuating presentation of a notification to the first user that conveys the first user lacks permission to effectuate the request, responsive to a determination that the request is not permitted under the one or more permissions.

As used herein, any association (or relation, or reflection, or indication, or correspondency) involving servers, processors, client computing platforms, users, user accounts, inventories, virtual items, types of virtual items, user inputs, requests, activities, sales, offers, permissions, notifications, determinations, threshold levels, and/or another entity or object that interacts with any part of the system and/or plays a part in the operation of the system, may be a one-to-one association, a one-to-many association, a many-to-one association, and/or a many-to-many association or N-to-M association (note that N and M may be different numbers greater than 1).

As used herein, the term “obtain” (and derivatives thereof) may include active and/or passive retrieval, determination, derivation, transfer, upload, download, submission, and/or exchange of information, and/or any combination thereof. As used herein, the term “effectuate” (and derivatives thereof) may include active and/or passive causation of any effect, both local and remote. As used herein, the term “determine” (and derivatives thereof) may include measure, calculate, compute, estimate, approximate, generate, and/or otherwise derive, and/or any combination thereof.

These and other features, and characteristics of the present technology, as well as the methods of operation and functions of the related elements of structure and the combination of parts and economies of manufacture, will become more apparent upon consideration of the following description and the appended claims with reference to the accompanying drawings, all of which form a part of this specification, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in the various figures. It is to be expressly understood that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. As used in the specification and in the claims, the singular form of “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

