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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Justin Wickett, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shane Ishmael Sareli, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Kane, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Potter Driemeyer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Lamberto Alvaro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Justin Wickett, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shane Ishmael Sareli, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Kane, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Potter Driemeyer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Lamberto Alvaro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of enabling in-game contextual chatting is disclosed. A request for information about an online game currently being played by a first player and a second player is received. A previous online game that was previously played by the first player and the second player is determined. A chat transcript is generated that pertains to the online game in response to the request for the information, the chat transcript spanning from the online game currently being played by the first player and the second player to the previous online game that was previously played by the first player and the second player.


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