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Zynga Patents by Type

Zynga Patents Granted: Zynga patents that have been granted by the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE(USPTO).



Specialty within online game
Patent number: 9242175
Abstract: Embodiments are presented for executing an online game. One method includes an operation for creating an animation on a game board that is associated with a player. The animation includes a non-player character that delivers an invitation to start a master mission having quests. If the player accepts, an application from the player is received to start the master mission, the application including the selection of a specialty from a plurality of specialties available for the master mission. The method further includes an operation for delivering a quest reward after completing at least one of the quests from the plurality of quests, where the quest reward includes a wearable status item for an avatar of the player in the game board. In addition, a master reward is delivered after the completion of the master mission. The master reward includes the ability to perform game operations associated with the specialty.
Type: Grant
Filed: November 18, 2011
Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Michael Taylor John, William Graham, Xian Yang (Kenji) Low, Josh Wickham, Alexi Chialtas


Localization framework for dynamic text
Patent number: 9244902
Abstract: An apparatus and method providing a localization framework capable of localizing dynamic text is disclosed herein. The localization framework is configured to automatically identify and prioritize certain text contained within an application code base to be translated. Such text is pre-processed prior to translation to facilitate accurate and complete translation in a target language.
Type: Grant
Filed: January 11, 2012
Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
Assignee: Zynga, Inc.
Inventors: Bigi Lui, Danica Milosevic Brinton, Eric Matsumura, John Huan Vu





Methods and apparatus for managing network linked gambling video games
Patent number: 9235961
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for playing video games in a network environment are provided. One method includes receiving a request to initiate a game for a player of a first network connected device and enabling a second player from a second networked connected device to play the game. The method also enables transfer of currency between the first and second players using the network for playing the game. The method debits an account of a player that transferred the currency and credits an account of a player that that received the currency. The method then enables purchases in the game using the credited currency and displays an avatar of the first player on a display of the second networked connected device, and displays an avatar of the second player on a display of the first networked connected device.
Type: Grant
Filed: January 28, 2014
Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Jay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Magdelena M. Fincham, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stephen C. Tulley, Daniel E. Tedesco, Robert C. Tedesco



Friend recommendation system
Patent number: 9220977
Abstract: An optimized friend recommendation system is described. An active social network (ASN) of a player of an online game is determined based on a frequency of reciprocated communications between the player and friends of the player. The ASN of the player has friends of the player with a minimum number of closed-loop communications with the player within a predetermined duration. The social network of non-ASN friends outside the ASN of the player is identified. One or more non-ASN friends identified and suggested to socially engage with the player in an online game based on the social network of non-ASN friends of the player outside the ASN of the player are.
Type: Grant
Filed: August 26, 2011
Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Daniel McCaffrey, Kevin Lee, Kenneth Rudin, Yan Zhang, Ananda Ghosh


Providing virtual items based on location-based actions
Patent number: 9220985
Abstract: A method of providing virtual items based on location-based action is disclosed. An indication is received of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the performance of the location-based action by the player of the computer-implemented game. The virtual item may be usable within the computer-implemented game.
Type: Grant
Filed: June 30, 2011
Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Kathleen Auterio, Deniz Ersever, Nathan Arthur Etter, Hardik Kheskani, Serena Lam, Amitt Mahajan, Christopher Joseph Makarsky, Jay Monahan, Donald C. Mosites, Benjamin Mullin, Matthew Adam Ocko, Brian Reynolds, Shantanu Talapatra, Justin Waldron, Ian Wang, Jackson Wang


Client-side server for client-side scripting languages
Patent number: 9223599
Abstract: A method of executing a cross-platform application on a system is disclosed. An instruction pertaining to an execution of the cross-platform application on the system is received. Based on a determination that the instruction pertains to a rendering of an element of a user interface of the cross-platform application on the system, the instruction is sent across a bridge to an engine executing in the native layer to process the instruction at the native layer. Alternatively, based on a determination that the instruction does not pertain to a rendering of the element of the user interface of the cross-platform application on the system, the instruction is sent to an engine executing in the cross-platform layer of the system to process the instruction at the cross-platform layer.
Type: Grant
Filed: March 30, 2012
Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Dan Racanelli, Ian Dunn, Robert Aaron Jones




Conflict resolution in asynchronous multiplayer games
Patent number: 9224259
Abstract: A method and system to host a computer-implemented multiplayer game includes functionality to identify and resolve conflicts resulting from asynchronous game play. Client system game state information that changes responsive to in-game actions performed on a client system is intermittently synchronized with authoritative game state information, during which the in-game actions may be validated. Actions that fail a prerequisite check based on the authoritative game state information are analyzed in automated fashion to determine whether they are redundant actions that fail the prerequisite check owing to their having been performed with respect to outdated client system game state information. One or more remedial actions are performed for respective redundant actions, e.g., by allowing the redundant action and modifying the game state, by restoring spent resources to affected players, or by disallowing both the redundant action and an associated preempting action.
Type: Grant
Filed: May 22, 2012
Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Scott G. Miller, Nimai Malle




Online games using terraformed game spaces
Patent number: 9216358
Abstract: Software displays a virtual game space for an online game. The virtual game space is associated with a first player of the online game and includes at least one terraformed feature created by a first player. The software receives a modification from a second player of the online game. The modification changes one of the at least one terraformed features into another terraformed feature. Then the software displays the virtual game space with the modification. At least one virtual object is associated with each of the at least one terraformed features.
Type: Grant
Filed: August 22, 2014
Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
Assignee: Zynga Inc.
Inventors: Charles L. Hess, Daniel M. Marks

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