System and method for dynamically adjusting a game based on predictions during account creation

• US 9,480,909 B1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• 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:
  US13/869,311
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/48 Starting a game, e.g. activating a game device or waiting for other players to join a multiplayer session
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories

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. The system may be configured such that creation of a first game level account for a first user of an online game includes receiving user information from a first platform level user account which was previously created by the first user on an online platform and using this user information to determine in-game customizations predicted to be desirable for a user.

Claims

1. An online gaming system configured to determine and implement in-game customizations, the system comprising:

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

create game level user accounts for users of an online game, wherein the game level user accounts are specific to the online game and users are able to create other game level user accounts to participate in other online games via an online platform, wherein the creation of the game level user accounts for the users of the online game includes receiving user information included in platform level user accounts previously created by the users on the online platform, wherein the platform level user accounts are associated with individual ones of the users and the online platform, such that creation of a first game level user account for a first user of the online game includes receiving user information in a first platform level user account previously created by the first user on the online platform;

determine customizations of the online game for the users at the time of game level user account creation based on the user information received from the platform level user accounts, such that at the time of creation of the first game level user account, a first customization of the online game for the first user is determined based on the received user information from the first platform level user account; and

execute an instance of the online game, and to use the instance of the online game to facilitate participation of the users in the online game by transmitting state information derived from execution of the instance to client computing platforms associated with the users for presentation of views of the online game to users on the associated client computing platforms, and to implement the customizations determined for the individual users such that the first customization is implemented in the instance of the online game for the first user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the customizations are related to types of gameplay and the types of gameplay correspond to user types included in a predefined class of user types, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to predict the user types, from the predefined class of user types, for users at the time of game level user account creation based on received user information from platform level user accounts such that a first user type is predicted from the predefined class of user types for the first user at the time of creation of the first game level user account based on the received information from the first platform level user account, and wherein the customizations, related to the types of gameplay, for the user are determined based on the predicted user types such that the determination of the first customization for the first user is determined based on the prediction of the first user type for the first user and the first customization is related to a first type of gameplay that corresponds to the first user type.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein one of said customizations for the user comprises a selection of game genre.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein one of said customizations for the user comprises a selection of player versus player gameplay.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein one of said customizations for the user comprises a selection of collective/harvesting gameplay.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein one of said customizations for the user comprises a selection of player versus environment gameplay.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said user information comprises one or more of geographic location of the user, social graph information, user education level or user gender.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said user information comprises the type of device employed by said user for interaction with said online gaming system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said user information comprises one or more of user gender, user likes, user age, or user participation in one or more online groups.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said user information comprises information reflecting the user'"'"'s relationship with at least one other user of said online game.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said user information comprises information reflecting the user'"'"'s relationship with at least one other user of said online platform.

12. The system of claim 2, wherein the first customization comprises tailoring a user interface for gameplay associated with the first user type.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein the first customization comprises tailoring the availability of virtual items for gameplay associated with the first user type.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the first customization comprises tailoring game content to facilitate gameplay associated with the first user type.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the first customization comprises tailoring the available unlocks to provide content related to gameplay associated with the first user type.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the first customization comprises tailoring the available rewards to provide content related to gameplay associated with the first user type.