Providing virtual items based on location-based actions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9895608
SERIAL NO

13435627

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A method of providing virtual items based on location-based actions 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 added to an inventory of a player character of the player of the computer-implemented game 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 is usable within the computer-implemented game by the player character of the player of the computer-implemented game.

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  • ZYNGA INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Auterio, Kathleen San Francisco, US 19 1863
Ersever, Deniz San Francisco, US 19 1863
Etter, Nathan Arthur San Jose, US 18 713
Kheskani, Hardik San Francisco, US 19 1863
Lam, Serena San Francisco, US 19 1863
Mahajan, Amitt San Francisco, US 45 2376
Makarsky, Christopher Joseph San Francisco, US 14 1359
Monahan, Jay Los Gatos, US 31 1362
Mosites, Donald C San Francisco, US 20 1738
Mullin, Benjamin San Francisco, US 19 1863
Ocko, Matthew Adam Palo Alto, US 72 4149
Reynolds, Brian Lutherville, US 68 2262
Talapatra, Shantanu San Francisco, US 25 1912
Waldron, Justin San Francisco, US 20 1747
Wang, Ian San Francisco, US 11 609
Wang, Jackson San Francisco, US 26 1907

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