CLAN WARS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating an incentive reward that is to be provided to at least one member of a group of users of a game networking system based on the group exercising a level of influence over a location during a time period that is greater than a level of influence of an additional group of users over the location during the time period;
detecting a presence of a number of members of the group at the location during the time period, the detecting of the presence of the number of the users of the group being performed without a receiving a direct manual indication of the presence of the number of the members of the group from any of the number of the members of the group;
detecting a presence of a number of members of the additional group at the location during the time period;
determining that the group exercised the level of influence over the location during the time period based on the number of the members of the group being greater than the number of members of the additional group, wherein the determining that the group exercised the level of influence over the location is performed by a processor; and
providing the incentive reward to the at least one member of the group based on the determining that the level of influence exercised by the group is greater than the level of influence of the additional group over the location during the time period.
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Abstract
A method of implementing clan wars is disclosed. An incentive reward is generated that is to be provided to at least one member of a group of users of a game networking system based on the group exercising a level of influence over a location during a time period that is greater than a level of influence of an additional group of users over the location during the time period. It is determined that the group exercised the level of influence over the location during the time period. The incentive reward is provided to the at least one member of the group based on the determining that the level of influence exercised by the group is greater than the level of influence of the additional group over the location during the time period.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating an incentive reward that is to be provided to at least one member of a group of users of a game networking system based on the group exercising a level of influence over a location during a time period that is greater than a level of influence of an additional group of users over the location during the time period; detecting a presence of a number of members of the group at the location during the time period, the detecting of the presence of the number of the users of the group being performed without a receiving a direct manual indication of the presence of the number of the members of the group from any of the number of the members of the group; detecting a presence of a number of members of the additional group at the location during the time period; determining that the group exercised the level of influence over the location during the time period based on the number of the members of the group being greater than the number of members of the additional group, wherein the determining that the group exercised the level of influence over the location is performed by a processor; and providing the incentive reward to the at least one member of the group based on the determining that the level of influence exercised by the group is greater than the level of influence of the additional group over the location during the time period. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21, 22, 23)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor-implemented game networking system configured to; generate an incentive reward that is to be provided to at least one member of a group of users of a game networking system based on the group exercising a level of influence over a location during a time period that is greater than a level of influence of an additional group of users over the location during the time period; detect a presence of a number of members of the group at the location during the time period, the detecting of the presence of the number of the users of the group being performed without a receiving of a direct manual indiciation of the presence of the number of the members of the group from any of the number of the members of the group; detect a presence of a number of members of the additional group at the location during the time period; determine that the group exercised the level of influence over the location during the time period based on the number of the members of the group being greater than the number of members of the additional group; and providing the incentive reward to the at least one member of the group based on the determining that the level of influence exercised by the group is greater than the level of influence of the additional group over the location during the time period. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
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generating an incentive reward that is to be provided to at least one member of a group of users of a game networking system based on the group exercising a level of influence over a location during a time period that is greater than a level of influence of an additional group of users over the location during the time period; detecting a presence of a number of members of the group at the location during the time period, the detecting of the presence of the number of the users of the group being performed without receiving of a direct manual indication of the presence of the number of the members of the group directly from any of the number of the members of the group; detecting a presence of a number of members of the additional group at the location during the time period; determining, using a processor of a machine, that the group exercised the level of influence over the location during the time period based on the number of the members of the group being greater than the number of members of the additional group; and providing the incentive reward to the at least one member of the group based on the determining that the level of influence exercised by the group is greater than the level of influence of the additional group over the location during the time period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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