Adaptive task assignment for online games
US9168458B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F13/95
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Software at an online game website assigns to a player of an MMO game a first game task in a conditional series of game tasks. Each game task includes a specified duration. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. The software determines whether the player completed the first game task within the specified duration. If the player did not complete the first game task within the specified duration, the software assigns the player a second game task in the conditional series of game tasks that is less difficult to complete than the first game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
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