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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10137368 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2016

Billing a subset of mobile devices associated with an online gaming environment rendered on the subset of mobile devices

Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Belz, Sunnyvale, TX (US);

James Pratt, Round Rock, TX (US);

Marc Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Haresh N Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); A63F 13/332 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/61 (2014.01); A63F 13/792 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); A63F 13/335 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/332 (2014.09); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/335 (2014.09); A63F 13/61 (2014.09); A63F 13/792 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); A63F 2300/406 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5506 (2013.01); A63F 2300/556 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5573 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04M 1/72544 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Organization of a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) via mobile units is enabled. Features of mobile units such as messaging and location based services are incorporated into the game to enhance the user experience. The MMOG provides social networking opportunities to players by associating players based on similarities such as shared interests and activities. These shared interests and activities can be determined based on associations of the players in other situations, such as disparate online games or websites. In addition, advertising content can be provided to players based on similar factors. For example, the MMOG can comprise a game similar to the offline game of tag, wherein players can 'tag' each other through in-game interactions via the mobile units. These interactions can be triggered based on players being a fixed predetermined distance from each other.

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