The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Vijay Thakkar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Holme, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Rouse, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijay Thakkar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Holme, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Rouse, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/556 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01); A63F 2300/695 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8064 (2013.01);
Abstract

An online game mechanic matches requests and responses of different data types that include text, image and audio. Request values corresponding to a first data type are sent to users in a distribution list, and those users send response values corresponding to a second data type. Winning response values are selected and announced. In an example embodiment, the request values include a text description that includes at least one word, and the response values include an image file or a reference to an image file.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…