GAME SYSTEM PROVIDING CUSTOM GAME STORIES

• US 20140194207A1
• Filed: 01/09/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Agrawal, Abhinav, Yim, Adam Ja Ming, Sinclair, Heather A.
• Application Number:
  US14/151,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/61 using advertising information
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/795 for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/847 Cooperative playing, e.g. requiring coordinated actions from several players to achieve a common goal
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players

Abstract

A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for surfacing game stories are presented. Embodiments may, responsive to detecting a first game action initiated by a first user, surface a first game story to a second user through a social feed. Responsive to detecting that the first game story is activated by the second user, a second game story is surfaced on the social feed that tags the first user. The second game story represents a second game action is performed in a game involving the second user based on the first game story being activated.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

responsive to detecting a first game action initiated by a first user, surfacing a first game story to a second user through a social feed; and

responsive to detecting the first game story being activated by the second user through the social feed, surfacing, to the first user, a second game story on the social feed that includes a tag to the first user, the second game story representing a second game action being performed in a game involving the second user based on the first game story being activated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second game action rewards a game object to the first user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the social feed is at least one of:

a news feed, a timeline, a canvas ticker, or a homepage ticker.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the social feed is hosted by a social networking system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the surfacing of the second game story on the social feed includes sending game story data through an application programming interface implemented by a social networking system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the surfacing of the second game story on the social feed includes determining that the first user satisfies a throttling condition.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the throttling condition compares a rate of closed loop communication between the first user and the second user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the throttling condition determines whether the first user and the second user are close friends.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the throttling condition compares a number of incidents in which the first user has been tagged in game stories over a time period.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first game story includes game hook data that is configured to cause a game engine to perform a game action when activated by the second user.

11. A computer system comprising:

a game story generator implemented by one or more processors and configured to;

responsive to detecting a first game action initiated by a first user, surface a first game story to a second user through a social feed; and

responsive to detecting the first game story being activated by the second user through the social feed, surface, to the first user, a second game story on the social feed that includes a tag to the first user, the second game story representing a second game action being performed in a game involving the second user based on the first game story being activated.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the second game action rewards a game object to the first user.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the social feed is at least one of:

a news feed, a timeline, a canvas ticker, or a homepage ticker.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the social feed is hosted by a social networking system.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the surfacing of the second game story on the social feed includes sending game story data through an application programming interface implemented by a social networking system.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the surfacing of the second game story on the social feed includes determining that the first user satisfies a throttling condition.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the throttling condition compares a rate of closed loop communication between the first user and the second user.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the throttling condition determines whether the first user and the second user are close friends.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the throttling condition compares a number of incidents in which the first user has been tagged in game stories over a time period.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

responsive to detecting a first game action initiated by a first user, surfacing a first game story to a second user through a social feed; and

responsive to detecting the first game story being activated by the second user through the social feed, surfacing, to the first user, a second game story on the social feed that includes a tag to the first user, the second game story representing a second game action being performed in a game involving the second user based on the first game story being activated.