Facilitating users to complete active game actions

• US 9,908,039 B1
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Inventors: Rull, Henry, Pieron, Luc, Simmons, Kevin, Jodway, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Deodhar, Omkar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, Eric M
• Application Number:
  US14/051,387
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence

Abstract

A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.

Claims

1. A game server for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions within an online game, the game server comprising:

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

execute an instance of a game space in which the online game is played, and to use the instance to generate game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms over a network, and to facilitate presentation of views of the game space to users via game space interfaces implemented on the client computing platforms associated with the users by causing displays associated with the client computing platforms to present views of the game space via the game space interfaces, and to enable interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by executing game actions on behalf of the users in the game space in response to user requests received over the network from the client computing platforms, the executed game actions including game actions whose executions require wait periods for completion;

manage user accounts associated with individual users in the online game, the user accounts comprising user information regarding individual users, the user information including information indicating balances of stored consideration associated with the individual users, the user accounts including a first user account associated with a first user; and

generate offers to forego pending wait periods of game actions requested by the users in exchange for stored consideration from the users, such that, offers generated for the first user include;

a first offer to forego a first pending wait period of a first game action requested by the first user in exchange for a first amount of stored consideration;

a second offer to forego a second pending wait period of a second game action requested by the first user in exchange for a second amount of stored consideration; and

a third offer to forego both of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period in exchange for a third amount of stored consideration.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to effectuate the presentation of the first offer, the second offer, and third offer at the same time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to determine the third amount of the stored consideration for the third offer based on the first amount of the stored consideration and the second amount of the stored consideration.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the determination of the third amount of the stored consideration based on the first and second amounts of the stored consideration includes a determination of a discount with respect to the first amount of stored consideration and/or the second amount of stored consideration.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to select the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer from a set of pending wait periods that includes at least one other pending wait period.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to predict likelihoods of users spending stored consideration to forego pending wait periods of individual game actions requested by the users, such that a first likelihood indicating that the first user will likely spend the first amount of stored consideration to forego the first pending wait period, and a second likelihood indicating that the first user will likely not spend the second amount of stored consideration to forego the second pending wait period are predicted;

and

wherein the selection of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer is based on the first and/or second likelihoods.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the generation of the third offer includes a determination of the third amount of stored consideration, the determined third amount of stored consideration including the first amount of stored consideration, but not the second amount of the stored consideration.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to present, offers through a store interface, the third offer is presented to the first user through the store interface.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to facilitate presentation of the game space interfaces implemented on the client computing platforms associated with the users, the game space interfaces including a first game space interface implemented on a first client computing platform associated with the first user, the first game space interface including simultaneous or near-simultaneous presentation of the first, second, and third offers and controls enabling the first user to accept the first, second, and third offers.

10. A computer-implemented method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions within an online game, the method being implemented on a game server that includes one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

executing an instance of a game space in which the online game is played, and to use the instance to generate game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms over a network, and facilitating presentation of views of the game space to users via game space interfaces implemented on the client computing platforms associated with the users by causing displays associated with the client computing platforms to present views of the game space via the game space interfaces, and enabling interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by executing game actions on behalf of the users in the game space in response to user requests received over the network from the client computing platforms, the executed game actions including game actions whose executions require wait periods for completion;

managing user accounts associated with individual users in the online game, the user accounts comprising user information regarding individual users, the user information including information indicating balances of stored consideration associated with the individual users, the user accounts including a first user account; and

generating offers to forego pending wait periods of game actions requested by the users in exchange for stored consideration from the users such that generating, for a first user a first offer to forego a first pending wait period of a first game action requested by the first user in exchange for a first amount of stored consideration;

a second offer to forego a second pending wait period of a second game action requested by the first user in exchange for a second amount of stored consideration; and

a third offer to forego both of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period in exchange for a third amount of stored consideration.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising effectuating the presentation of the first offer, the second offer, and third offer at the same time.

12. The method of claim 10, furthering comprising determining the third amount of the stored consideration for the third offer based on the first amount of the stored consideration and the second amount of the stored consideration.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determination of the third amount of the stored consideration based on the first and second amounts of the stored consideration includes a determination of a discount with respect to the first amount of stored consideration and/or the second amount of stored consideration.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer from a set of pending wait periods that includes at least one other pending wait period.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising predicting likelihoods of users spending stored consideration to forego pending wait periods of individual game actions requested by the users such that predicting a first likelihood indicating that the first user will likely spend the first amount of stored consideration to forego the first pending wait period, and a second likelihood indicating that the first user will likely not spend the second amount of stored consideration to forego the second pending wait period, and wherein the selection of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer is based on the first and/or second likelihoods.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the generation of the third offer includes a determination of the third amount of stored consideration, the determined third amount of stored consideration including the first amount of stored consideration, but not the second amount of the stored consideration.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising presenting offers through a store interface, such that the third offer is presented to the first user through the store interface.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising facilitating presentation of the game space interfaces implemented on the client computing platforms associated with the users, the game space interfaces including a first game space interface implemented on a first client computing platform associated with the first user, the first game space interface including simultaneous or near-simultaneous presentation of the first, second, and third offers, and controls enabling the first user to accept the first, second, and third offers.