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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2024
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Harold Henry Chaput, Belmont, CA (US);
Jesse Hans Stokes Harder, Redwood City, CA (US);
Daniel Lee Kading, Edmonton, CA;
John Christopher Epler, Edmonton, CA;
John Kolen, Foster City, CA (US);
Navid Aghdaie, San Jose, CA (US);
Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman, Foster City, CA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moss, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Murray Perlinski, Edmonton, CA;
Graham Francis Scott, Edmonton, CA;
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A video game includes a single player mode where completion of storyline objectives advances the single player storyline. The video game also includes a multiplayer mode where a plurality of players can play on an instance of a multiplayer map. Storyline objectives from the single player mode are selected and made available for completion to players in the multiplayer mode, and the single player storylines can be advanced by players completing respective storyline objectives while playing in the multiplayer mode. Combinations of storyline objectives are selected from pending storyline objectives for players connecting to a multiplayer game for compatibility with multiplayer maps. Constraints can be used to determine compatibility.