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US 8,287,384 B2Granted
Game-based incentives for location-based actions
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsKathleen Auterio, Deniz Ersever, Hardik Kheskani, Serena Lam, Christopher Joseph Makarsky, Donald C. Mosites, Benjamin Mullin, Shantanu Talapatra, Justin Waldron, Jackson Wang
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing game-based incentives to users of online games as a reward for performing actions at physical locations.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- identifying one or more computer-implemented games associated with a user;
- determining, using at least one processor of a machine, a reward for the user based at least in part on the one or more computer-implemented games associated with the user and based on at least one stored attribute of a physical location accessed from a location account of the physical location, the reward being an in-game asset in the one or more computer-implemented games;
- determining a location-based action to be performed by the user in order to obtain the reward, the location-based action being an action performable by the user at the physical location;
- and
- transmitting a message comprising a description of the location-based action, a description of the reward, and an offer of the reward for performing the location-based action to a device associated with the user.
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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- identifying one or more computer-implemented games associated with a user;
- determining a reward for the user based at least in part on the one or more computer-implemented games associated with the user and based on at least one stored attribute of a physical location accessed from a location account of the physical location, the reward being an in-game asset in the one or more computer-implemented games;
- determining a location-based action to be performed by the user in order to obtain the reward, the location-based action being an action performable by the user at the physical location;
- and
- transmitting a message comprising a description of the location-based action, a description of the reward, and an offer of the incentive reward for performing the location-based action to a device associated with the user.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor of a machine;
- and
- a game networking system configured to:
- identify one or more computer-implemented games associated with a user;
- determine a reward for the user based at least in part on the one or more computer-implemented games associated with the user and based on at least one stored attribute of a physical location accessed from a location account of the physical location, the reward being an in-game asset in the one or more computer-implemented games;
- determine a location-based action to be performed by the user in order to obtain the reward, the location-based action being an action performable by the user at the physical location;
- and
- transmit a message comprising a description of the location-based action, a description of the reward, and an offer of the incentive reward for performing the location-based action to a device associated with the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.