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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Blair, Austin, TX (US);
Jesse Benjamin, Round Rock, TX (US);
Travis Hicks, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Blair, Austin, TX (US);
Jesse Benjamin, Round Rock, TX (US);
Travis Hicks, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sony Online Entertainment LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of growing and incubating custom creatures in a computer game, including: obtaining genetic properties; combining the genetic properties in combinations of attributes, skills, and appearances; incubating a creature with role-specific properties using the combined genetic properties; and displaying an egg object of the incubated creature on a display for transaction. Keywords include MMO, incubation, genetic properties, and egg object.