Dynamic adjustment of difficulty in an online game based on hardware or network configuration

• US 9,205,338 B1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Inventors: Wakeford, Kent, Harrington, Clifford J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coburn, Corbett B
• Application Number:
  US14/612,268
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: 463/23
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/358 Adapting the game course according to the network or server load, e.g. for reducing latency due to different connection speeds between clients
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory

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