Facilitating users to complete active game actions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10188944-B2
Application number	US-201715842224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2017
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A game server for providing offers to facilitate users to complete game actions within an online game, the game server comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
execute an instance of a game space in which the online game is played, and enable interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by executing game actions on behalf of the users, wherein the game actions including game actions that require wait periods for completion; and
generate offers to remove and/or reduce the required wait periods of the game actions in exchange for consideration from the users, wherein the offers generated for the first user include:
a first offer to remove and/or reduce a first pending wait period required for completion of a first game action in exchange for a first amount of consideration;
a second offer to remove and/or reduce a second pending wait period required for completion of a second game action in exchange for a second amount of consideration; and
a third offer to remove and/or reduce both of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period in exchange for a third amount of consideration.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to effectuate the presentation of the first offer, the second offer, and third offer at the same time.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to determine the third amount of the consideration for the third offer based on one or both of the first amount of the consideration and/or the second amount of the consideration.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the determination of the third amount of the consideration includes a determination of a discount with respect to the first amount of consideration and/or the second amount of consideration.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to select the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer from a set of pending wait periods that includes at least one other pending wait period.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to predict likelihoods of users spending consideration to remove and/or reduce pending wait periods required for completion of individual game actions, such that a first likelihood indicating that the first user will likely spend the first amount of consideration to remove and/or reduce the first pending wait period, and a second likelihood indicating that the first user will likely not spend the second amount of consideration to remove and/or reduce the second pending wait period are predicted; and
wherein the selection of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer is based on the first and/or second likelihoods.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the generation of the third offer includes a determination of the third amount of consideration, the determined third amount of consideration including the first amount of consideration, but not the second amount of the consideration.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to present offers through a store interface, and wherein the third offer is presented to the first user through the store interface.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to facilitate presentation of game space interfaces implemented on client computing platforms associated with the users, the game space interfaces including a first game space interface implemented on a first client computing platform associated with the first user, the first game space interface including simultaneous or near-simultaneous presentation of the first, second, and third offers and enabling the first user to accept one or more of the first, second, and/or third offers.

10. A computer-implemented method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete game actions within an online game, the method being implemented on a game server that includes one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
executing an instance of a game space in which the online game is played, and enabling interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by executing game actions on behalf of the users, wherein the game actions including game actions that require wait periods for completion; and
generating offers to remove and/or reduce the required wait periods of the game actions in exchange for consideration from the users such that generating, for a first user
a first offer to remove and/or reduce a first pending wait period required for completion of a first game action in exchange for a first amount of consideration;
a second offer to remove and/or reduce a second pending wait period required for completion of a second game action in exchange for a second amount of consideration; and
a third offer to remove and/or reduce both of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period in exchange for a third amount of consideration.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising effectuating the presentation of the first offer, the second offer, and third offer at the same time.

12. The method of claim 10 , furthering comprising determining the third amount of the consideration for the third offer based on one or both of the first amount of the consideration and/or the second amount of the consideration.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determination of the third amount of the consideration includes a determination of a discount with respect to the first amount of consideration and/or the second amount of consideration.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising selecting the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer from a set of pending wait periods that includes at least one other pending wait period.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising predicting likelihoods of users spending consideration to remove and/or reduce pending wait periods required for completion of individual game actions such that predicting a first likelihood indicating that the first user will likely spend the first amount of consideration to remove and/or reduce the first pending wait period, and a second likelihood indicating that the first user will likely not spend the second amount of consideration to remove and/or reduce the second pending wait period, and wherein the selection of the first pending wait period and the second pending wait period for inclusion in the third offer is based on the first and/or second likelihoods.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the generation of the third offer includes a determination of the third amount of consideration, the determined third amount of consideration including the first amount of consideration, but not the second amount of the consideration.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising presenting offers through a st

Assignees

• Kabam Inc

Inventors

• Rull Henry
• Pieron Luc
• Simmons Kevin
• Jodway Jay

Classifications

• A63F13/10

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F13/35 Primary

  Details of game servers · CPC title

• A63F13/822

  Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) · CPC title

• A63F13/79

  involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories · CPC title

• A63F13/69

  by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions · CPC title