Game asset linked to operations performed outside the game

US9098864B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zynga Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mateo Graziosi · San Francisco, US
• Rishi Sachdeva · Calgary, CA
• Fabio Santini · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0207
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing game operations. One method includes an operation for receiving a request from a player to acquire a first game asset to be utilized in the game, the first game asset being associated with a token usable in the real world outside the game. After assigning the first game asset to the player in the game, the player is rewarded in the game with a second asset in response to the request. Further, the method includes an operation for detecting a commercial operation executed outside the game by the player with the token, and the player is rewarded in the game with a third asset in response to the detecting.