System and method for predicting in-game activity at account creation

• US 10,625,161 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2018
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Inventors: Wakeford, Kent, Harrington, Clifford J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin Y
• Application Number:
  US15/969,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20180243654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/837 Shooting of targets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8076 Shooting

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system and methodology for dynamically adjusting a game based on predictions made during game account creation in accordance with one or more implementations. The system may be configured to receive user information included in platform level accounts which were previously created by users on an online platform and assign one or more user types to the user based on that user information. The system may be configured such that game adjustments associated with one or more user types for future play by users associated with that user type may be modified over time based on historical and ongoing game activities undertaken by users associated with one or more user types.

Claims

1. An online gaming system for customizable interaction, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

execute an instance of an online game, and use the instance of the online game to effectuate transmission over a network of game state information derived from the instance of the online game to facilitate presentation of views of the online game to users on client computing platforms associated with the users, such that the users participate in user-selected ones of multiple different activities available within the online game through the views presented on the client computing platforms;

create game level user accounts for the users of the online game, wherein the creation of the game level user accounts includes receiving user information for the users, such that creation of a first game level account for a first user of the online game includes receiving first user information for the first user;

predict user types for the users at the time the game level user accounts are created, wherein prediction is based on the received user information, such that a first user type is predicted for the first user at the time the first game level account is created, wherein a first prediction of the first user type for the first user is based on the received first user information for the first user, wherein the user types classify the users on a basis of preferred activities within the online game such that the users are classified as being of the first user type on the basis of preferring a first set of activities within the online game, the first set of activities within the online game being different than a second set of activities within the online game preferred by the users classified as being of a second user type;

determine customizations of the online game for individual ones of the users based on the user types predicted for the individual ones of the users such that a first customization of the online game is determined for the first user based on the first prediction of the first user type for the first user; and

adjust the instance of the online game to reflect the customizations of the online game determined for the individual ones of the users such that game state information derived from the instance of the online game reflects the customizations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to assess historical game activities associated with at least one user type and further configured to predict game activity preferences of the users classified as being of said at least one user type.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to modify the customizations of the online game which are desirable to the users classified as being of said at least one user type.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user types of the users are predicted based on user information comprising one or more of geographic location of the user, social graph information, user education level, and/or user gender.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user types of the users are predicted based on user information comprising the type of device employed by the user for interaction with said online gaming system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user types of the users are predicted based on user information comprising one or more of user likes, user age, and/or user participation in one or more online groups.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user types of the users are predicted based on user information comprising information reflecting the user'"'"'s relationship with at least one other user of the online game.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to modify the first user type predicted for the first user after creation of the first game level account in response to game activities engaged in by the first user after creation of the first game level account.

9. A computer-implemented method for customizable interaction in gaming, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

executing an instance of an online game, and using the instance of the online game to effectuate transmission over a network of game state information derived from the instance of the online game to facilitate presentation of views of the online game to users on client computing platforms associated with the users, such that the users participate in user-selected ones of multiple different activities available within the online game through the views presented on the client computing platforms;

creating game level user accounts for the users of the online game, wherein the creation of the game level user accounts includes receiving user information for the users, such that creation of a first game level account for a first user of the online game includes receiving first user information for the first user;

predicting user types for the users at the time the game level account are created, wherein prediction is based on the received user information, such that a first user type is predicted for the first user at the time the first game level account is created, wherein a first prediction of the first user type for the first user is based on the received first user information for the first user, wherein the user types classify the users on a basis of preferred activities within the online game such that the users are classified as being of the first user type on the basis of preferring a first set of activities within the online game, the first set of activities within the online game being different than a second set of activities within the online game preferred by the users classified as being of a second user type;

determining customizations of the online game for individual ones of the users based on the user types predicted for the individual ones of the users such that a first customization of the online game is determined for the first user based on the first prediction of the first user type for the first user; and

adjusting the instance of the online game to reflect the customizations of the online game determined for the individual ones of the users such that game state information derived from the instance of the online game reflects the customizations.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising modifying at least one online game customization desirable to the first user based on activities historically participated in within the online game by the users of the first user type.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first user information for the first user is received at the time the first user creates the first game level account.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first user information for the first user is received, at least in part, after the first user creates the first game level account.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the user information used to predict the user types of the users includes one or more of geographic location, user gender, user likes, user age, and/or user education level.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the user information used to predict the user types of the users includes the type of device employed by said user for interaction with said online game.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the user information used to predict the user types of the users includes information reflecting the user'"'"'s relationship with at least one other user of said online game.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising monitoring the preferred activities within the online game for other users assigned to the first user type, and, in response thereto, modifying game activity preferences associated with the first user type.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said modified game activity preferences are implemented as at least one associated customization of said online game for all users assigned to the first user type.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the user type predicted for the first user is selectively changeable after creation of the first game in response to game activities engaged in by the first user after creation of the first game level account.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a change in user type associated with the first user results in one or more modified in-game customizations for the first user when the first user interacts with the online game.