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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
James A. Jorasch, Stamford, CT (US);
Magdelena M. Fincham, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Tulley, Fairfield, CT (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);
Robert C. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for team play in video games is provided. One method includes receiving a request to initiate a gambling game for a player of a first network connected device, and joining a second player from a second networked connected device to a team. The method enables transfer of currency between the first and second players of the team using the networked during play of the gambling game. The method enables debiting an account of a player that transferred the currency and crediting an account of a player that that received the currency, and enabling wagers in the gambling game using the credited currency. The method enables displaying an avatar of the first player on a display of the second networked connected device; and displaying an avatar of the second player on a display of the first networked connected device, the method being executed by at least one processor.