41 results about "Social gaming" patented technology

An online game that provides a virtual village where users can communicate with one another, report information about themselves, and keep track of activities in the real world. Each user has an avatar that can be viewed by other users, and the avatars provide visual representations about the activities of their user. Users can participate in challenges with one another based on different activities, and activity data is either self-reported or reported by a variety of biometric devices. Activity data can provide a real-time visual representation of the activities of the users. Completion of activities and challenges earn users virtual points that may be used to obtain virtual rewards or real-life rewards. Calendars and other tools allow users to apprise others on their upcoming activities, as well as seek help or encouragement from others. Messaging capabilities allow users to share ideas and information through a variety of media.

A role-play module that monitors a social networking platform receives an indication of a game event from a first player located in a physical environment where a role-play game is conducted. The first player has a first role in the role-play game. Further, the role-play module provides the indication to the social networking platform such that the social networking platform provides the indication to a second player remotely situated from the physical environment. The second player has a second role in the role-play game. In addition, the role-play module asynchronously receives, from the second player, an instruction for an action to be performed by the first player in the role-play game. The role-play module also provides the instruction to the social networking platform such that the social networking platform provides the instruction to the first player.

The present invention is a social game and method of playing the same comprising a plurality of cards. Each card has at least one task for the cardholder to attempt to successfully complete, such as at least one question to answer, at least one act to perform, at least one instruction to follow, and / or at least one fact, quote or saying to read. When a cardholder successfully completes a task, the cardholder earns a predetermined amount of points. Additionally, where a task requires another player to guess what the cardholder is acting or doing, the player that correctly answers may also earn at least one point. The first player to earn a predetermined total number of points wins the game. The game and method of the invention may be played using alcoholic beverages throughout the course of the game, but only by players twenty-one (21) years of age and older.

A social gaming platform provides information regarding real world projects that require funding to social gaming systems, which are presented to the social gaming systems' players. The social gaming systems also allow the players to play social games and accumulate virtual currency provided by a social gaming platform. The social gaming platform receives requests from players to fund the real world projects. The social gaming platform converts the virtual currency to a real currency (e.g., United States Dollars) based on revenues generated in association with the social games, and provides the real currency as funding to the projects according to the player's requests. The projects use the real currency to undertake the completion of the socially beneficial projects.

A system and method is disclosed for advertising through a social network by immersion of participants in a sponsored mobile game. A game application for the sponsored game is developed on a server and deployed on consumer devices connected to the server. The game application, operating on a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS and camera subsystems to carry out and facilitate the game functions. A dashboard is provided for designing the game around an advertising campaign. The game application is syndicated and shared through a consumer's social media community. The game is tracked by the server. Game information and rewards are delivered to participants during and after the game. In one aspect, the game involves a participant gathering digital permits prior to and during the game which are used to complete a tagging event with other participants. Rewards such as redeemable coupons are based on actions at sponsor locations.

A gamer engagement platform within games and social networks to engage gamers in novel ways during the game play and during interstitial periods between game level transitions to promote loyalty to games while exposing them gracefully the rewards and advertisements of brands and location based service providers with whom they are likely to have high affinity on just-in-time and just-in-location basis, whether the games are being played online or offline. Gamer can invite friends in platform and social networks for social game challenge across heterogeneous games. Brands, location based service providers, and game developers can conduct and track campaigns using the optimized points conversion engine and offer recommendation engine of the platform. Software code embedded in the games conducts campaigns during game play and interstitial times during game level transitions to convert game points earned into platform points that can be exchanged by gamer to redeem rewards in-game or later.

A method and system for providing an interactive gaming system is disclosed. At least one interactive social gaming community allows a plurality of users to engage in a wagering contest against a single entity. An initial amount of gaming units associated with an initial user investment is allocated to each user. A payout table is dynamically generated and includes at least one threshold amount of gaming units associated with rewards available to the user. A bet request signal received from a user is automatically reconciled with an outcome of at least one type of contest occurring during an active gaming period. A user account is updated by modifying an amount of gaming units in a user account based on a result of the at least one type of contest and determines if user has earned the reward associated with the at least one threshold.

A system and method is disclosed for advertising through a social network by immersion of participants in a sponsored mobile game. A game application for the sponsored game is developed on a server and deployed on consumer devices connected to the server. The game application, operating on a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS and camera subsystems to carry out and facilitate the game functions. A dashboard is provided for designing the game around an advertising campaign. The game application is syndicated and shared through a consumer's social media community. The game is tracked by the server. Game information and rewards are delivered to participants during and after the game. In one aspect, the game involves a participant gathering digital permits prior to and during the game which are used to complete a tagging event with other participants. Rewards such as redeemable coupons are based on actions at sponsor locations.

A method and apparatus for enabling multiple players to participate in an online game in a landbased gaming terminal. Each player is associated with a color or a pattern, by selecting the color or pattern using for example buttons on the screen. The player deposits money, places a wager, and chooses a number or color to bet on using his or her unique color. Once the game is activated, the terminal determines for each player his or her balance and winning according to the result of the game. Each player can individually cash his or her balance, or all players can cash their balances at once.

A method for organizing pictures and videos within a computing device implemented through a binary organization process or a categorized organization process. Each process graphically displays at least one media content from a plurality of stored media contents that are stored within the computing device. Then, an input command from a user graphically capture the at least one media content into a selected folder. The process of graphically displaying and capturing the media content is then applied to the media contents as long as the user is able to continuously capture the media content without an interruption or the stored media contents are completely captured. A scoring system calculates a total score for the plurality of stored media contents and posts a final score in social gaming network to create an atmosphere of competition to increase the excitement of the productive and memory enhancing games.

A system and method is disclosed for advertising through a social network by immersion of participants in a sponsored game. A game application for the sponsored game is developed on a server and deployed on consumer devices connected to the server. The game application operating on a consumer device, such as a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS and camera subsystems to carry out and facilitate the game functions. A dashboard is provided for designing the game around an advertising campaign. The game application is syndicated and shared through a consumer's social network. The game is tracked by the server. Game information and rewards are delivered to participants during and after the game. In one aspect, the game involves a participant gathering digital permits prior to and during the game which are used to tag other participants. Rewards are delivered as redeemable coupons based on identifying graphical landmarks at sponsor locations.

A system and method is disclosed for advertising through a social network by immersion of participants in a sponsored mobile game. A game application for the sponsored game is developed on a server and deployed on consumer devices connected to the server. The game application, operating on a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS and camera subsystems to carry out and facilitate the game functions. A dashboard is provided for designing the game around an advertising campaign. The game application is syndicated and shared through a consumer's social media community. The game is tracked by the server. Game information and rewards are delivered to participants during and after the game. In one aspect, the game involves a participant gathering digital permits prior to and during the game which are used to complete a tagging event with other participants. Rewards such as redeemable coupons are based on actions at sponsor locations.

A target map area system for an online game is described. A player selects a target map area of an online neighbor of an online social game. Reward information from the target map area resulting from a successful attack from the player in the target map area of the online neighbor is generated to the player prior to the attack. A result of the attack in the target map area of the online neighbor based on a profile of the player and a profile of the online neighbor is determined. An outcome on the target map area is generated based on the result of the attack.