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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edmund J. Fish, Great Falls, VA (US);
Allen J. Eichler, Waterford, VA (US);
June R. Herold, Falls Church, VA (US);
Assignee:
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/00 (2005.12); A63F 13/795 (2013.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 2300/556 (2012.12);
Abstract
An instant messaging user may use a buddy list that includes a user-selected list of potential instant messaging recipients ('buddies') to identify another instant messaging user with whom instant messages are to be exchanged. An instant messaging user also may use a buddy list for other purposes, such as to initiate playing of an on-line game or to invite participants to play an on-line game. The buddy list may be used as an on-line game leaderboard that presents a list of players of the on-line game in ranked order.