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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Rohrl, Pacifica, CA (US);
William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, computer-readable storage medium, and a method for modifying a game state of a player of a social game are presented. A first location of a first virtual object and a second location of a second virtual object in a virtual world of the social game are identified. The first virtual object is associated with a first social contact of the player of the social game and the second virtual object is associated with a second social contact of the player of the social game. A location adjacency metric for the first virtual object and the second virtual object is determined using the first location and the second location. A social adjacency metric for the first virtual object and the second virtual object is determined. A game state for the player is modified using the location adjacency metric and the social adjacency metric.