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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Sandeep V. Kharkar, Bountiful, UT (US);
Christopher H. Stewart, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bradley A. Edwards, South Jordan, UT (US);
Mark Snow, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jaren J. Peterson, Layton, UT (US);
C. Matthew Dawson, Highland, UT (US);
Jon Matsukawa, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods employing rule based techniques for handling virtual entity manifestation into gameplay modes in accordance with gameplay restrictions of the individual gameplay modes. The system may comprise a host server including one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules. The computer program modules may comprise a game module configured to execute an instance of the online game and to facilitate participation in one or more gameplay modes, a rule module configured to maintain rules corresponding to the restrictions for manifesting virtual entities into the individual gameplay modes, a creation module configured to create manifests including information corresponding to the rules for each gameplay mode, a determination module configured to determine which rules to apply to the virtual entities, and an application module configured to apply the rules according to the determinations.