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Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:

William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Adam Ocko, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Burlingame, CA (US);

Inventors:

William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Adam Ocko, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Burlingame, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods to generate proxies for players in a game are described. In some embodiments, a method accesses social network information associated with a player of a first game and a second game. The player controls a first player character in the first game and controls a second player character in the second game. The method accesses profile information of a friend of the player controlling a third player character in the first game. The method creates a proxy based on the third player character having multiple attributes based on the profile information of the friend of the player. A event outcome is determined based on an attribute of the first player character and at least one proxy attribute. Another game event outcome is determined based on an attribute of the second player character and at least one proxy attribute.


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