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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Philip Anthony Smith, Davis, CA (US);
Gabriel Belinsky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik D. Strahm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip Anthony Smith, Davis, CA (US);
Gabriel Belinsky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik D. Strahm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for initiating a turn-based game before the entire set of users to participate in the turn-based game have been identified. For example, a first user may initiate a turn-based game having a plurality of slots. In response, the first user is assigned to a first slot in the plurality of slots and the first user is allowed to take a turn in the turn-based game in the first slot before all of the other plurality of slots have been assigned to other users. One or more additional users are then matched to the first user based on a specified set of matching criteria and the new users are assigned to one or more additional slots in the plurality of slots. The additional users then take turns in the turn-based game according to their slots.