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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Suggesting matches for players of an online multiplayer game based on skills and/or social proximity
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame, CA (US);
Aaron Brady, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2006.01); A63F 13/335 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/335 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/798 (2014.09);
Abstract
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems provide a user of a social network system access to a game over a network from a user device. The social network system matches the user with players of the game based on respective skill levels of the players and/or social proximity between the user and the players. The social network system sends a list of matched players to the user device for selection by the user, and sends an invitation to one or more of the players selected by the user to enable the user to play the game over the network with the one or more players.