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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Lin, Petaluma, CA (US);
Paul Derek Yan, Novato, CA (US);
Michael James Stout, Novato, CA (US);
Daniel Neil, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Thomas Fricks, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/69 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/45 (2014.01); A63F 13/47 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/85 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/88 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/45 (2014.09); A63F 13/47 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/85 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 13/88 (2014.09);
Abstract
Systems and methods enable most valuable players (MVPs) of a gameplay session to play a bonus gameplay session where other players (non-MVP players) participate as player-spectators in online video games and, through a collective voting mechanism or through active interaction, determine the occurrence of certain events or contents of the bonus gameplay in real time. In this manner, non-MVP players are able to directly affect the course of the bonus gameplay.