Back to results
US 11,636,505 B2Granted
Incentivizing location-based actions by groups
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsErik Paul Bethke, Scott Koenigsberg, Amitt Mahajan, Matthew Adam Ocko
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of incentivizing location-based actions by groups is disclosed. A group of users of a game networking system is notified that an incentive reward is to be provided based on a number of members of the group performing a location-based action transgressing a threshold. The incentive reward is provided based on the number of members of the group performing the location-based action transgressing the threshold.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer memories;
- and
- a set of instructions stored in the one or more computer memories, the set of instructions configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving information pertaining to one or more location-based actions from one or more devices of one or more entities associated with one or more locations, the receiving of the information being handled programmatically via an application program interface of one or more networked systems, the information identifying one or more location-based actions and one or more incentive rewards that are to be provided electronically to a user or a group of users based on one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users;
- based on a detection of the one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users, providing the incentive reward electronically to the user or the group of users, the providing of the incentive reward including modifying a data item in one more data stores of the networked system to credit one or more game accounts of the user or the group of users;
- and
- selecting the group based on a level of influence of the group.
5 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving information pertaining to one or more location-based actions from one or more devices of one or more entities associated with one or more locations, the receiving of the information being handled programmatically via an application program interface of one or more networked systems, the information identifying one or more location-based actions and one or more incentive rewards that are to be provided electronically to a user or a group of users based on one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users;
- based on a detection of the one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users, providing the incentive reward electronically to the user or the group of users, the providing of the incentive reward including modifying a data item in one more data stores of the networked system to credit one or more game accounts of the user or the group of users;
- and
- selecting the group based on a level of influence of the group.
1 more element
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, causes the one or more computer processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving information pertaining to one or more location-based actions from one or more devices of one or more entities associated with one or more locations, the receiving of the information being handled programmatically via an application program interface of one or more networked systems, the information identifying one or more location-based actions and one or more incentive rewards that are to be provided electronically to a user or a group of users based on one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users;
- based on a detection of the one or more performances of the one or more location-based actions by the user or the group of users, providing the incentive reward electronically to the user or the group of users, the providing of the incentive reward including modifying a data item in one more data stores of the networked system to credit one or more game accounts of the user or the group of users;
- and
- selecting the group based on a level of influence of the group.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.