发明名称 Social network system and method for use with and integration into a video game
摘要 A centralized social network tool is configured to interface with and integrates into one or more videogames and/or videogame series. The social network tool may be integral to the theme of the games and be pervasive within game play. The social network may drive progression of the story and interaction between characters. According to another aspect of the invention, the members of the social network may include actual members (corresponding to real people) and virtual members (e.g., artificial intelligence controlled bot members). The virtual members may be part of the social network and may interact with real members within and outside of the game as part of the theme of the game.
申请公布号 US8911296(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.12.16
申请号 US201313868013 申请日期 2013.04.22
申请人 Activision Publishing, Inc. 发明人 Chudley Martyn Richard;Howard Craig;Kerby Paul;Wilson Gareth George;Talbot Gerard-Lee;Ward Ben James
分类号 A63F9/24 主分类号 A63F9/24
代理机构 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 代理人 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
主权项 1. A system configured to provide a social network that is integrated into one or more videogames, the system comprising: a videogame platform configured to execute one or more computer software modules to generate, for a player, visual and audio stimulus associated with a videogame, wherein one or more virtual member characters that are controlled by artificial intelligence interact with the player in the videogame; and a server configured to execute one or more computer software modules to provide a social network to the player and a plurality of other players, wherein the social network is accessible outside the videogame, and wherein the one or more virtual member characters interact with the player in the social network outside the videogame.
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