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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Wynne Chyou, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Kim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Tsao, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kevin Chanthasiriphan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Yu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for executing an instance of an online game to facilitate participation of the user in the online game. The system and method include executing actions in the instance of the online game that are delayed from reception of corresponding action requests by wait times associated with the actions. The system and method include effectuating presentation of speed-up quest offers to the user for wait times that are open. The system and method include detecting successful performance of speed-up quests by the user in the online game and implementing speed-ups associated with the speed-up quest offers on open wait times in the online game in response to successful performance of offered speed-up quests by the user in the online game. The system and method include in response to detection of successful performance of the first quest in the online game during the first open wait time implementing a first speed-up by reducing the first open wait time.