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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Jinming Cao, Beijing, CN;

Lin Hou, Beijing, CN;

Chao Guo, Beijing, CN;

Xingguang Yu, RuiShanShi, CN;

Huiqiang Liu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kerry Yang, Beijing, CN;

Lin Lin, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Jinming Cao, Beijing, CN;

Lin Hou, Beijing, CN;

Chao Guo, Beijing, CN;

Xingguang Yu, RuiShanShi, CN;

Huiqiang Liu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kerry Yang, Beijing, CN;

Lin Lin, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5546 (2013.01); A63F 2300/57 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing social network content in an online game is disclosed herein. Content is obtained from a social network site and is displayed within the game. The game also provides a mechanism for the user of the game to generate content to the posted within the social network from within the game. Such generated content is automatically posted in the social network for a recipient specified by the user.


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