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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Justin Rouse, Dallas, TX (US);
Kevin Holme, Allen, TX (US);
Daniel Hurd, Dallas, TX (US);
Jason Tomlinson, Fairview, TX (US);
Grant Yang, Mckinney, TX (US);
Shawn Lohstroh, Plano, TX (US);
Jessica Oyhenart, Dallas, TX (US);
David Chow, Allen, TX (US);
Justin Rouse, Dallas, TX (US);
Kevin Holme, Allen, TX (US);
Daniel Hurd, Dallas, TX (US);
Jason Tomlinson, Fairview, TX (US);
Grant Yang, Mckinney, TX (US);
Shawn Lohstroh, Plano, TX (US);
Jessica Oyhenart, Dallas, TX (US);
David Chow, Allen, TX (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In a method of managing a location-based meta game, a presence of a device is detected at a location. The device is configured to execute a computer-implemented game. Based on the detecting of the presence of the device, the device is instructed to present a user of the computer-implemented game with an option to participate in a computer-implemented meta game associated with the location.