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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
John Osvald, Albany, CA (US);
Michael Waite, Alamo, CA (US);
Kyle Sauger, Burlingame, CA (US);
Lauren Duncan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik Nilsson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
John Osvald, Albany, CA (US);
Michael Waite, Alamo, CA (US);
Kyle Sauger, Burlingame, CA (US);
Lauren Duncan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik Nilsson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs for creating a crew to participate in a mission challenge in an online game are provided. The method identifies quests to complete the mission challenge. Each quest includes a plurality of tasks and each task includes a plurality of subtasks. A request feed is sent to members of a social graph requesting the members to join the crew and to participate in the completion of the subtasks of the mission challenge. The members in the social graph have a social relation with a user initiating the online game wherein the user is a mission leader managing the mission challenge. A distinct subtask is assigned to each member of the crew that responds to the request feed. Each crew member's progression in completing the mission challenge is monitored and status of the mission challenge is updated based on the progression made by each crew member of the crew.