Jon-Paul Dumont

US Patent:

20130324233, Dec 5, 2013

Filed:

May 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/483971

Inventors:

John Frederic Constable - San Francisco CA, US
Jon-Paul Emile Dumont - San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Engle - Daly City CA, US
Cor Robert Despota - San Francisco CA, US
James Chia-Ming Liu - Foster City CA, US
Michael Anthony Fox - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 27

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing a computer game. One method includes an operation for setting an initial value to the jackpot of a first player. The jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet by the first player in the computer game. Additionally, the jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet made by friends of the first player in the computer game. The friends of the first player have a social connection with the first player, and the jackpot of the first player is independent from bets in the computer game of players that are not friends of the first player. The method further includes an operation for resetting the jackpot of the first player to the initial value when the first player or when any friend of the first player wins the jackpot.

US Patent:

20120315993, Dec 13, 2012

Filed:

Jun 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/492731

Inventors:

Jon-Paul Emile Dumont - San Francisco CA, US
Siavash Ghamaty - San Francisco CA, US
Laura Dansingani - San Carlos CA, US
Live Zhang - San Francisco CA, US
Genki Mine - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 42

Abstract:

Disclosed in some examples is a method of providing a computer implemented game comprising: displaying one or more on-screen objects in accordance with the computer implemented game; accepting input from a user of the computer implemented game; responsive to receiving input from the user, updating the one or more on-screen objects according to one or more game rules using one or more computer processors; receiving a notification from a game server, over a network, that the user of the computer implemented game has completed a gameplay specific task in a second computer implemented game, wherein the second computer implemented game is provided on a separate platform from the computer implemented game; and responsive to receiving the notification from the game server, providing a reward to the user in the computer implemented game.

US Patent:

20170061738, Mar 2, 2017

Filed:

Nov 15, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/352542

Inventors:

John Frederic Constable - San Francisco CA, US
Jon-Paul Emile Dumont - San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Engle - Daly City CA, US
Cor Robert Despota - San Francisco CA, US
James Chia-Ming Liu - Foster City CA, US
Michael Anthony Fox - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G07F 17/32
G07F 17/34

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing a computer game. One method includes an operation for setting an initial value to the jackpot of a first player. The jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet by the first player in the computer game. Additionally, the jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet made by friends of the first player in the computer game. The friends of the first player have a social connection with the first player, and the jackpot of the first player is independent from bets in the computer game of players that are not friends of the first player. The method further includes an operation for resetting the jackpot of the first player to the initial value when the first player or when any friend of the first player wins the jackpot.

US Patent:

20140106858, Apr 17, 2014

Filed:

Oct 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/054429

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Jon-Paul Emile Dumont - San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Engle - Daly City CA, US
Cor Robert Despota - San Francisco CA, US
James Chia-Ming Liu - Foster City CA, US
Michael Anthony Fox - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/40

US Classification:

463 25

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing a computer game. One method includes an operation for detecting that a player playing in a first game also has played a second game, where the first game is different from the second game. Further, the method includes another operation for determining an asset for the second game that may be awarded for a required amount of progress made by the player in the first game. The player is notified in the first game that the player is eligible to obtain the asset while playing the first game. The asset is awarded to the player for use in the second game when the required amount of progress is made in the first game.