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US 10,255,756 B1Granted
Delayed, game-triggered online game platform registration
AssigneeElectronic Arts Inc.
InventorZiqiang Xu
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to enabling a user to access a game hosted on a game platform without registering a platform account. In implementations, a game provider may set a game trigger based on an instance of a game. In response to a determination that the game trigger is met, instructions effectuating presentation of a platform registration request to a user may be transmitted to a platform provider.
Claims16
A system for online game platform registration, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- receive user requests for access to online games accessible from a platform provider, wherein the online games accessible from the platform provider include at least (a) a first online game provided by a first game provider and (b) a second online game provided by a second game provider, wherein the first game provider maintains game state information for instances of the first online game based at least in part on in-game action requests from users;
- determine whether users making the user requests are associated with registered platform accounts associated with the platform provider;
- automatically create a guest platform account for a first user that is not associated with a registered platform account responsive to reception of a user request from the first user for access to the first online game, wherein the guest platform account includes a first identifier and lacks any stated information from the first user;
- provide access for the users to the online games in response to the user requests for access to the online games, wherein (i) responsive to reception of the user request for access from the first user, transmission of a first platform request is effectuated to the first game provider of the first online game, the first platform request including the first identifier and effectuating provision of the first online game to the first user by the first game provider, and (ii) responsive to reception of a user request for access to the first online game from a second user that is associated with a registered platform account, transmission of a second platform request is effectuated to the first game provider of the first online game, the second platform request including a second identifier in the registered platform account and effectuating provision of the first online game to the second user by the first game provider;
- receive an indication that a first game provider trigger for the first user has been met based on an instance of the first online game, wherein the first game provider trigger has been set by the first game provider and is different than a second game provider trigger set by the second game provider;
- and
- generate a platform registration request for presentation to the first user responsive to the indication that the first game provider trigger has been met.
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A computer-implemented method for online game platform registration, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more processors executing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
- receiving user requests for access to online games accessible from a platform provider, wherein the online games accessible from the platform provider include at least (a) a first online game provided by a first game provider and (b) a second online game provided by a second game provider, wherein the first game provider maintains game state information for instances of the first online game based at least in part on in-game action requests from users;
- determining whether users making the user requests are associated with registered platform accounts associated with the platform provider;
- automatically creating a guest platform account for a first user that is not associated with a registered platform account responsive to reception of a user request from the first user for access to the first online game, wherein the guest platform account includes a first identifier and lacks any stated information from the first user;
- providing access for the users to the online games in response to the user requests for access to the online games, wherein (i) responsive to reception of the user request for access from the first user, transmission of a first platform request is effectuated to the first game provider of the first online game, the first platform request including the first identifier and effectuating provision of the first online game to the first user by the first game provider, and (ii) responsive to reception of a user request for access to the first online game from a second user that is associated with a registered platform account, transmission of a second platform request is effectuated to the first game provider of the first online game, the second platform request including a second identifier in the registered platform account and effectuating provision of the first online game to the second user by the first game provider;
- receiving an indication that a first game provider trigger for the first user has been met based on an instance of the first online game, wherein the first game provider trigger has been set by the first game provider and is different than a second game provider trigger set by the second game provider;
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- generating a platform registration request for the first user responsive to the indication that the first game provider trigger has been met.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.