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US 8,708,790 B2Granted
Method of operating an online game using consolidated game objects
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsBrian Eddy, Daniel Marks
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for playing a multi-player, online game in which players build virtual worlds by placing game objects into a game space and may consolidate multiple game objects into a single object such that the new consolidated object maintains some or all of the features of the original, separate objects but occupies less game space.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a computer-based network having at least one server and at least one client device with each device containing at least one processor capable of operating and displaying a game in which:
- a player places a plurality of virtual objects into a virtual world, such that each said virtual object occupies space within the virtual world, and a player consolidates the plurality of said virtual objects placed into the virtual world into a single consolidated virtual object such that:
- the consolidated virtual object retains some or all of the features of the pre-consolidated virtual objects;
- and the consolidated virtual object occupies less space within the virtual world than the space occupied by the pre-consolidated virtual objects, wherein each of the virtual objects is a building.
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A method, comprising operations of:
- receiving a command from a player selecting one or more housing units from a game menu in an online game that is a builder-type game;
- receiving a command from the player identifying an empty location in a game space for the game;
- causing the one or more housing units to be displayed in the game space at the location;
- receiving a command from the player selecting one or more of the displayed housing units;
- receiving a command from the player to consolidate the displayed housing units that are selected into a consolidated housing unit;
- and
- displaying the consolidated housing unit in the game space, wherein each operation is executed by one or more processors.
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One or more computer-readable media persistently storing a program, wherein the program, when executed, instructs one or more processors to perform the following operations:
- receive a command from a player selecting one or more housing units from a game menu in an online game that is a builder-type game;
- receive a command from the player identifying an empty location in a game space for the game;
- cause the one or more housing units to be displayed in the game space at the location;
- receive a command from the player selecting one or more of the displayed housing units;
- receive a command from the player to consolidate the displayed housing units that are selected into a consolidated housing unit;
- and
- display the consolidated housing unit in the game space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.