Gaming method in resource and action based virtual communities
AssigneeYongyong Xu
InventorYongyong Xu
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Abstract
A method for providing an activity involving a plurality of users in a plurality of virtual communities is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) creating the plurality of virtual communities based on the resources accessed or actions taken by the plurality of users, (b) keeping track of each of the plurality of user's resources accessed or actions performed, and (c) enabling the activity based on the resources visited and actions performed by each of the plurality of users.
Claims18
A method of multi-user online games for a plurality of users browsing the Internet without disturbing users' web surfing experience comprising the steps of:
- a plurality of users accessing or taking an action upon an arbitrary web page in the Internet;
- tracking each of the plurality of users' web pages accessed or actions taken in the Internet;
- and
- creating a corresponding virtual community to said web page accessed or a particular action taken by at least one of the plurality of users in the Internet;
- adding all users who access the same particular web page or who take the same particular action in the Internet at the same time to the same virtual community corresponding to said web page;
- dividing users from all the virtual communities into a plurality of collaborative or competing teams;
- providing activities associated with each of said web page for users to interact or compete with users in the team;
- and assigning collaborative or competing tasks to said teams to compete wherein one of the tasks is to ask the team members to set up a web site and see which team attracts more visitors in a given period.
A multi-user online game system for a plurality of users browsing the Internet without disturbing users' web surfing experience comprising a virtual community server operable of:
- while a plurality of users accessing or taking an action upon an arbitrary web page in the Internet, tracking each of the plurality of users' web pages accessed or actions taken in the Internet;
- and
- creating a corresponding virtual community to said web page accessed or a particular action taken by at least one of the plurality of users in the Internet;
- adding all users who access the same particular web page or who take the same particular action in the Internet at the same time to the same virtual community corresponding to said web page;
- dividing users from all the virtual communities into a plurality of collaborative or competing teams;
- providing activities associated with each of said web pages for users to interact or compete with other users in the team;
- and assigning collaborative or competing tasks to said teams to compete wherein one of the tasks is to ask the team members to set up a web site and see which team attracts more visitors in a given period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.