US 10,646,784 B2 · System and method for managing dynamic opt-in experiences in a virtual environment

Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a method, a system, and an article for incentivizing users of an online game. An example computer-implemented method can include: providing an online game on a client device of a user; providing on the client device a first request for content to be presented on the client device; determining that at least a portion of the content has been presented on the client device and, in response, providing the user with a first reward for the online game; providing on the client device a plurality of second requests, wherein each second request comprises a respective task for the user to perform; determining that one of the second requests has been selected and that at least a portion of the respective task has been performed and, in response, providing the user with a respective second reward for the online game.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

presenting promotional content on a client device of a user,
wherein the user is provided with a first virtual reward for an application client on the client device when at least a portion of the promotional content has been presented on the client device;
displaying on the client device a plurality of requests while the promotional content is being presented on the client device,
wherein each request comprises a respective task for the user to perform;
determining, by one or more computer processors, that one of the requests has been selected on the client device;
and, in response:
determining, by the one or more computer processors, that at least a portion of the respective task for the selected request has been performed;
and
providing the user with a respective second virtual award.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/530,103Filed 2 Aug 2019 · continuation

Priority

24 Jan 2017

Published

US 2019/0351329 A121 Nov 2019

Granted

12 May 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A63F 13/69
Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or…:…
A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
A63F 13/33
Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection…: using…
A63F 13/48
Controlling the progress of the video game: starting a game, e.g. activating a game device or waiting for other players to join a multiplayer session

Family

Application62/449,851Us provisional application · filed 24 Jan 2017

Application62/474,843Us provisional application · filed 22 Mar 2017

Application15/855,177Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Dec 2017

US 2019/0351329 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Nov 2019

US 10,406,442 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0207533 A1Published application

US 10,646,784 B2This patent

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System and method for managing dynamic opt-in experiences in a virtual environment

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System and method for managing dynamic opt-in experiences in a virtual environment

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