Finding friends for multiuser online games
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsDarren Ryan Craine, Justin Potter Driemeyer, Kevin Thomas Hagan, Jason Samuel McGuirk, Matthew Adam Ocko, Shane Ishmael Sareli, Nicholas John Tornow
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to games and applications in general and in particular to computer-implemented online games, such as online role-playing games, playable by more than one person from more than one location. The game engine can search a player's social network to find friends to play with. These social networks can be constructed implicitly by analyzing a player's game play information and other information.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- in an automated operation performed using one or more computer processors, analyzing gameplay information associated with a target player of a computer-implemented multiplayer game;
- in an automated operation that is performed using one or more computer processors and that is based on the analyzing of the gameplay information, determining that the target player needs assistance in a first instance of the game;
- using one or more computer processors configured therefor, in an automated operation performed responsive to determining that the target player needs assistance in the game, generating a request with respect to the target player to find one or more other players to play the first instance of the game;
- responsive to the request, accessing social network information including multiple players of the game;
- analyzing the social network information to identify therein one or more candidate players, wherein each candidate player is a player of the game and is available to participate in the first instance;
- and
- causing a display on a user device of a recommendation to prompt joining of the first instance by the one or more candidate players.
A system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- and
- memory coupled to the one or more computer processors and having stored thereon instructions for configuring the one or more computer processors, when executing the instructions, to perform operations comprising:
- analyzing gameplay information associated with a target player of a computer-implemented multiplayer game;
- based on the analyzing of the gameplay information, determining that the target player needs assistance in a first instance of the game;
- responsive to determining that the target player needs assistance in the game, generating a request with respect to the target player to find one or more other players to play the first instance of the game;
- responsive to the request, accessing social network information including multiple players of the game;
- analyzing the social network information to identify therein one or more candidate players, wherein each candidate player is a player of the game and is available to participate in the first instance;
- and
- causing a display on a user device of a recommendation to prompt joining of the first instance by the one or more candidate players.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a machine, when executing the instructions, to perform operations comprising:
- analyzing gameplay information associated with a target player of a computer-implemented multiplayer game;
- based on the analyzing of the gameplay information, determining that the target player needs assistance in a first instance of the game;
- in an automated operation performed responsive to determining that the target player needs assistance in the game, generating a request with respect to the target player to find one or more other players to play the first instance of the game;
- responsive to the request, accessing social network information including multiple players of the game;
- analyzing the social network information to identify therein one or more candidate players, wherein each candidate player is a player of the game and is available to participate in the first instance;
- and
- causing a display on a user device of a recommendation to prompt joining of the first instance by the one or more candidate players.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.