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US 8,751,343 B2Granted
Process and apparatus for video game development
AssigneeLeviathan Entertainment, LLC
InventorAndrew Van Luchene
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Abstract
In an embodiment, apparatus and methods for video games permit obtaining funding for developing game environments. A variety of possible funding sources are possible, such as venture capital, the issuance of private shares, transforming the game environment into a public company through an initial public offering, or through a follow on offering such as the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, or treasury stock.
Claims6
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a tangible computer readable medium in communication with the processor;
- in which the computer readable medium stores rules providing one or more Venture Capital (VC) fund requirements that must be fulfilled by an entity desiring to register create a venture capital fund;
- in which the computer readable medium stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to
- run a massive multi player online game that is operable to simultaneously support a plurality of players via a plurality of video game devices,
- in which each of the players controls at least one player character,
- in which play of the game continues regardless of whether players are logged in to the game;
- receive, from at least one of the player characters, a request to register a venture capital fund;
- determine that the player character requesting to register a venture capital fund fulfills the VC fund requirements defined by the stored rules;
- receive an application for a project to be funded by the VC fund;
- determine if the project that is to be funded by the VC fund qualifies for funding from the VC fund;
- and
- register the project and an ownership percentage of the VC fund in the project.
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A method performed by a computer, the method comprising:
- running, by a Video Game Central Server, a massive multi player online game that is operable to simultaneously support a plurality of players via a plurality of video game devices,
- in which each of the players controls at least one player character,
- in which play of the game continues regardless of whether players are logged in to the game;
- receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, from at least one of the player characters, a request to register a venture capital (VC) fund;
- determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the player character requesting to register a venture capital fund fulfills one or more VC fund requirements defined by stored rules;
- receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, an application for a project to be funded by the VC fund;
- determining, by the Video Game Central Server, if the project that is to be funded by the VC fund qualifies for funding from the VC fund;
- and
- registering, by the Video Game Central Server, the project and an ownership percentage of the VC fund in the project.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.