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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Albert Wei, San Francisco, CA (US);
David McNeill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/69 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 13/822 (2014.09); A63F 2300/6036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating chance-based in-game virtual item distribution in a video game. A mini-game interface presents a mini-game to a user that has committed to a battle. Prior to instigation of the battle the user participates in a chance-based mini-game that determines awards to be distributed to the user from a set of potential awards. Benefits associated with a determined award are applied to a game entity included in a battle which is to follow the mini-game.