System and method for determining and acting on a user's value across different platforms

• US 8,663,004 B1
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronic Arts Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Inventors: Xu, Ziqiang
• Primary Examiner(s): TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN
• Application Number:
  US13/604,534
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 463/20, 463/25, 463/29, 463/39, 463/40, 463/41, 463/42, 463/43, 705/14.16, 705/14.17
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/50 Controlling the output signals based on the game progress
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat

Abstract

Individual users may log into the same online game from multiple different social networking platforms. The disclosed technology provides a way to unite users'"'"' accounts such that users that have logged into the online game from different social networking platforms can have their progress in the online game preserved regardless of which social networking platforms the user logged in from. Business intelligence about differences in the user'"'"'s value when logging in from the different social networking platforms can be determined and incentivizing actions can be performed on the social networking platforms based on the business intelligence.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining a user'"'"'s value across a plurality of platforms, the method being implemented in one or more physical processors, the method comprising:

uniting a first user'"'"'s account in an online game across multiple social networking platforms including a first social networking platform and a second social networking platform, wherein the first user can access the online game through the first social networking platform or the second social networking platform;

determining a first value of the first user'"'"'s interaction within or related to the online game for a first metric for the first social networking platform, wherein the first metric for the first social networking platform reflects revenue generation for an operator of the online game by the first user when accessing the online game through the first social networking platform;

determining a second value of the first user'"'"'s interaction within or related to the online game for the first metric for the second social networking platform, wherein the first metric for the second social networking platform reflects revenue generation for the operator of the online game by the first user when accessing the online game through the second social networking platform;

performing an incentivizing action to entice the first user to access the online game through the first social networking platform rather than the second social networking platform based on the determined first and second values.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein performing the incentivizing action comprises:

determining which of the first and second social networking platforms to perform the incentivizing action on based on the determined first and second values; and

generating a notification to the determined social networking platform.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the notification causes an indication of an action to be displayed on a virtual wall associated with the first user in the determined social networking platform.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing an instance of a virtual space in which the online game is played, and implementing the instance of the virtual space to determine view information that defines a view of the virtual space to be presented to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an incentivizing action on a virtual wall associated with a second user, wherein the second user is associated with the first user, based on the determined first and second values of the first user'"'"'s actions.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an incentivizing action on the second social network platform in response to an incentivizing action being performed on the first social network platform.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing social network information of the first user to a provider of the online game.