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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Realnetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Namitta Shankar, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Leighton Wade Boutilier, Victoria, CA;
Jared Michael Brinkley, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3274 (2013.01);
Abstract
A game platform can distinguishes between users in different jurisdictions, can offer eligible players the choice of playing games with the opportunity to enter sweepstakes for monetary and non-monetary rewards, and allows heterogeneous users—those eligible as well as ineligible for monetary reward—to participate in game activity as part of teams.