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US 2007/0191103 A1Published application
Online game environment that facilitates binding contracts between player characters
OwnerAndrew Van Lucheneinventor
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Abstract
A system and method to allow players of a video game to form sponsorship contracts with one another such that a first player can agree, explicitly or implicitly, to provide a second player with an initial playing advantage in return for deferred compensation. The deferred compensation may be based on the second player's performance in the game.
Claims20
A server that is operable to:
- communicate with a plurality of game devices, wherein each game device allows at least one respective player to access the server;
- facilitate play of a game between the plurality of players;
- identify a first player as a sponsor;
- identify a second player as a sponsoree;
- create a contract between the sponsor and the sponsoree;
- provide, to the sponsoree, an initial benefit from the sponsor based on the contract;
- and
- allocate, to the sponsor, a plurality of periodic benefits based on the contract and on the sponsoree's performance in play of the game.
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A method comprising:
- providing a video game accessible to a plurality of game players;
- identifying a first game player as desirous of becoming a sponsor;
- identifying a second game player as desirous of becoming a sponsoree;
- forming a sponsorship contract between the first and second player;
- identifying the first player as having a sponsorship status of sponsor;
- identifying the second player as having a sponsorship status of sponsoree;
- providing an initial benefit to the sponsoree;
- and
- allocating one or more deferred benefits to the sponsor based on the contract and on the sponsoree's performance in play of the game.
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A method comprising:
- providing a video game accessible to a plurality of players;
- forming a sponsorship contract between a sponsor and a sponsoree;
- providing an initial benefit to the sponsoree;
- providing an initial detriment to the sponsor;
- and
- providing a periodic benefit to the sponsor based on the sponsorship contract and the sponsoree's performance in the game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.