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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Vijay Thakkar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Holme, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Rouse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vijay Thakkar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Holme, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Rouse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
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.