Managing game sessions in a social network messaging system

US10518181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Andrea Vaccari · Nonantola, IT
• Richard Kenneth Zadorozny · Menlo Park, US
• Jeremy Harrison Goldberg · San Francisco, US
• Peter Henry Martinazzi · San Francisco, US
• Lei Guang · Montréal, CA
• Li Yang · Lo Wu, CN
• Jennifer A. Burge · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/0421
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to enabling access to a game instance through a messenger application. A client-side player component facilitates communication between a game instance on the client device and a backend server of a social networking system. The communication information can be stored in or retrieved from a social graph of the social networking system. The game instance can be initialized from a social platform of the social networking system, and the game can be played without leaving the messenger application.