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US 8,894,482 B2Granted
Embedding of games into third party websites
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsMatthew Adam Ocko, Mark Jonathan Pincus, Harsimran Singh, Tim Terence Trampedach
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Abstract
Systems and methods for embedding and tracking revenue from fully operational games into third party websites are disclosed.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a game provider system of a game provider, an identifier for a user accessing a website having at least one persistent game embedded therein, the website being a website of a third party distinct from the game provider;
- identifying, at the game provider system, friends of the user based on the identifier received from the third party;
- determining, using a processor of a machine, a list of friends playing various persistent games at any location within a network, the location of game play including the game provider system and the website of the third party;
- providing access to the list of friends and a corresponding persistent game being played by each friend on the list of friends to the user accessing the website of the third party;
- and allowing the user to navigate to a locale hosting the corresponding persistent game being played by a selected friend on the list of friends.
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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:
- receiving, at a game provider system of a game provider, an identifier for a user accessing a website having at least one persistent game embedded therein, the website being a website of a third party distinct from the game provider;
- identifying, at the game provider system, friends of the user based on the identifier received from the third party;
- determining a list of friends playing various persistent games at any location within a network, the location of game play including the game provider system and the website of the third party;
- providing access to the list of friends and a corresponding persistent game being played by each friend on the list of friends to the user accessing the third party website;
- and
- allowing the user to navigate to a locale hosting the corresponding persistent game being played by a selected friend on the list of friends.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor of a machine;
- and
- a game provider system of a game provider configured to:
- receive an identifier for a user accessing a website having at least one persistent game embedded therein, the website being a website of a third party distinct from the game provider;
- identify friends of the user based on the identifier received from the third party;
- determine a list of friends playing various persistent games at any location within a network, the location of game play including the game provider system and the website of the third party;
- provide access to the list of friends and a corresponding persistent game being played by each friend on the list of friends to the user accessing the website of the third party;
- and
- allow the user to navigate to a locale hosting the corresponding persistent game being played by a selected friend on the list of friends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.