Providing event rewards to players in an online game

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9561433
SERIAL NO

13962707

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A system and method for providing event rewards within an online game are disclosed. A secondary game may be provided to facilitate players to win awards provided by the secondary game. The secondary game may be exclusive to players who achieve ranks in an event at the end of event period. Individual rewards may be determined based on such player ranks. The individual rewards may include a quantity of free turns to play the secondary game, a quantity of optional turns to play the secondary game in exchange for consideration from the ranked players and/or other reward features. Notification may be presented to the ranked players notifying the optional turns must be acquired by the players before a point of time or else they will be offered to lower ranked players.

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  • AFTERSHOCK SERVICES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McLellan, Sam San Francisco, US 27 440
Pieron, Luc San Francisco, US 62 1086
Rull, Henry Concord, US 30 498
Simmons, Kevin Oakland, US 34 579

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