Douglas L Kaufman

US Patent:

20140187328, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Mar 5, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/197834

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Aaron Paul Foster - Washington DC, US
Daniel Edward Halka - Baltimore MD, US
Douglas Francis Kaufman - Kensington CA, US
Paul Eugene Stephanouk - Phoenix MD, US

Assignee:

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/30

US Classification:

463 31

Abstract:

Systems and methods of asynchronous interactive game play are described. In some embodiments, a method permits a first player to access a first game instance of a multiplayer online game and access a second game instance of the multiplayer online game. The second game instance is accessed at a first time. The first game instance is associated with the first player and the second game instance is associated with a second player. The method receives an identification of an in-game action performed by the first player in the second game instance while the first player accesses the second game instance. The second player is permitted to access the second game instance at a second time, which is later than the first time. The method causes display to the second player an identification of the in-game action performed by the first player in the second game instance.