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Patent No.:

US 10361982 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2017

Interactive message-based delivery of narrative content using a communication network

Applicant:

Daybreak Game Company Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Holly Longdale, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Daybreak Game Company LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lorenz & Kopf, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shean Tokuta

Assistant Examiner:

Juan C Turriate Gastulo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/60 (2014.01); A63F 13/47 (2014.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/18 (2013.01); A63F 13/47 (2014.09); A63F 13/60 (2014.09); G06F 17/2235 (2013.01); G06F 17/24 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5506 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6009 (2013.01); A63F 2300/632 (2013.01); A63F 2300/807 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and related methodologies of delivering storyline content to users are presented herein. A server system maintains storyline data corresponding to an interactive narrative storyline having variable narrative paths that influence outcomes of the storyline. Storyline messages are communicated from the server system using a messaging service, wherein each communicated storyline message includes a portion of the narrative storyline. The server system receives messages generated from the subscriber device in response to communicated storyline messages, wherein each response message includes a user-specified storyline option. Subsequent storyline messages are retrieved by the server system based on the user-specified storyline options conveyed with the user responses.

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