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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Erik Francis Vanbragt, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Adam Ocko, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jonathan Chang Tien, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger F. Dickey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik Francis Vanbragt, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Adam Ocko, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jonathan Chang Tien, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger F. Dickey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Example systems and methods related to a social requirement for acquiring an asset, such as a reward, in an online game are presented herein. In one example, an online game for a plurality of players is hosted. Information describing a social network of friends of a player of the game is accessed. An asset is provided to the player based satisfaction of an acquisition requirement to acquire the asset. The acquisition requirement includes a social requirement that is satisfied by a new association of a predetermined number of friends of the social network of the player with the online game.