(2013.01). Gozp 17.362 Asystem and Method for Providing Event Rewards Within an (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) Online Game Are Disclosed
USOO956.1433B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,561,433 B1 Pieron et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 7, 2017 (54) PROVIDING EVENT REWARDS TO Sgt. 23. E. PLAYERS IN AN ONLINE GAME 6,811483 B1 11/2004 WebbaWKS 6.850.900 B1 2, 2005 H (71) Applicant: KABAM, INC., San Francisco, CA 6928,474 B2 8, 2005 Viatesan (US) 7,076,453 B2 7/2006 Jammes Continued (72) Inventors: Luc Pieron, San Francisco, CA (US); ( ) Henry Rull, Concord, CA (US); Kevin FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Simmons, Oakland, CA (US); Sam McLellan, San Francisco, CA (US) KR 102013.0137431 12/2013 WO O226333 1, 2002 (73) Assignee: Kabam, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. “Quest item WoWWiki Your guide to the World of Warcraft, printed from http://www.wow wiki.com/Quest Item. Retrieved on (21) Appl. No.: 13/962,707 Apr. 16, 2014, 1 page. (Continued) (22) Filed: Aug. 8, 2013 Primaryy Examiner — Jason Yen (51) Int. Cl. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Sheppard Mullin 3. %in 2.8. Richter & Hampton LLP (52) '': (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT CPC ........... Agar 13/12 (2013.01). Gozp 17.362 Asystem and method for providing event rewards within an (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) online game are disclosed. A secondary game may be 58) Field of Classificati S s h provided to facilitate players to win awards provided by the (58) Field of Classification Searc secondary game.
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