System and method for facilitating assumption of player identity in an online game

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9889381
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15495004

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One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing an online game for facilitating assumption of a player identity. The online game comprises a player account associated with the player. By facilitating assumption of a first player identity associated with a first player account, game support personnel and/or an administrator may be substituted for a player in the online game. The assumption of the first player identity may be accomplished through transmission and/or implementation of a private key stored on a client computing platform associated with the first player account, in order to facilitate a different client computing platform (e.g., associated with support personnel) to be authenticated to the first player account. This may allow the support personnel and/or an administrator to directly experience the player problems in the online game.

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ELECTRONIC ARTS INC209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY REDWOOD CITY CA 94065

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowman, Charles San Francisco, US 13 71
Brause, Brian Cambria, US 3 6

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