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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Jefferson Lanier Carpenter, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jefferson Lanier Carpenter, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Daybreak Game Company LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 2300/535 (2013.01); A63F 2300/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to alter one or more characteristics of a digital object or profile, such as developing a character in an online computer game. Using the systems and methods, a user of a computer system, e.g., a player of a computer game, can control how digital objects develop over time both through the direct use of that object by the user as well as by the passage of units of time.