Google Inc.

Thuc D Vu

Yoav Shoham

Jonathan Berger

Michael Munie

Shailendra Ramineni Rao

Edmund Wright Helmer

Chris Grier

A method to share challenges between users of a social game system is described. The method may include accessing relationship data reflecting a relationship between a first user and a second user, and accessing challenge data in a challenge database. Based on () the challenge data and () the relationship between the first user and the second user reflected by the relationship data, the challenge data is selectively communicated as part of a challenge about the first user to the second user, with the challenge forming part of a challenge game.

Social information game system

Systems, methods and computer-readable media for accessing exploration configuration data usable to configure an exploration of at least a portion of a social network of a user, the social network representing relationships among entities associated with the user by social network services, the exploration configuration data including a profile parameter descriptive of at least some of the plurality of entities, and including a path parameter specifying the portion of the social network, performing the exploration of at least the portion of the social network, the exploration being configured by the path parameter and including retrieval of profile data that is descriptive of at least some of the plurality of entities, the retrieval being based on the profile parameter, and identifying one or more entities among the plurality of entities as being described by the profile parameter, the identifying being based on the exploration as configured by the exploration configuration data.

Social network exploration systems and methods

A method to share challenges between users of a social game system is described. The method may include accessing relationship data reflecting a relationship between a first user and a second user, and accessing challenge data in a challenge database. Based on (1) the challenge data and (2) the relationship between the first user and the second user reflected by the relationship data, the challenge data is selectively communicated as part of a challenge about the first user to the second user, with the challenge forming part of a challenge game.

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