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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Duncan John Curtis, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Alexander Ruben Stacey McCarthy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2006.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09);
Abstract
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for rating a multiplayer videogame active player based on the retention of one or more qualifying players after their interaction with the active player. An interaction event between an active player and a qualifying player may be detected and a retention value based on the qualifying player returning to the multiplayer videogame may be determined. The active player may be rated based at least on the retention value of the qualifying player.