Patents by Inventor Carl Eric Schiermeyer

Carl Eric Schiermeyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120015744
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate proxies for players in a game are described. In some embodiments, a method accesses social network information associated with a player of a first game and a second game. The player controls a first player character in the first game and controls a second player character in the second game. The method accesses profile information of a friend of the player controlling a third player character in the first game. The method creates a proxy based on the third player character having multiple attributes based on the profile information of the friend of the player. A event outcome is determined based on an attribute of the first player character and at least one proxy attribute. Another game event outcome is determined based on an attribute of the second player character and at least one proxy attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: William Henry Kelly Mooney, Matthew Adam Ocko, Carl Eric Schiermeyer
  • Publication number: 20120015736
    Abstract: Example systems and methods related to a social requirement for acquiring an asset, such as a reward, in an online game are presented herein. In one example, an online game for a plurality of players is hosted. Information describing a social network of friends of a player of the game is accessed. An asset is provided to the player based satisfaction of an acquisition requirement to acquire the asset. The acquisition requirement includes a social requirement that is satisfied by a new association of a predetermined number of friends of the social network of the player with the online game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Erik Francis Vanbragt, William Henry Kelly Mooney, Matthew Adam Ocko, Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Jonathan Chang Tien, Roger F. Dickey
  • Publication number: 20120015742
    Abstract: Example systems and methods relating to dynamic requirement variation for asset acquisition in an online game are presented. In an example online game for multiple players, a plurality of parameters employed to identify players who qualify for a reward provided by the online game are accessed continually. A current acquisition requirement for the reward based on the plurality of parameters is updated continually. The reward is provided to at least one of the players responsive to satisfaction of the current acquisition requirement by the at least one of the players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Erik Francis Vanbragt, William Henry Kelly Mooney, Matthew Adam Ocko, Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Jonathan Chang Tien, Roger F. Dickey
  • Publication number: 20120015746
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate proxies for players in a game are described. In some embodiments, a method accesses social network information associated with a player of a game. The player controls a first player character in the game where the first player character has certain attributes. The method further accesses profile information associated with a friend of the player. The friend of the player controls a second player character in the game. A proxy based on the second player character is created and includes multiple proxy attributes based on the profile information associated with the friend of the player. The proxy is associated with the first player character. A game event outcome associated with the first player character is determined based on the first player character attributes and at least one proxy attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: William Henry Kelly Mooney, Matthew Adam Ocko, Carl Eric Schiermeyer
  • Publication number: 20100227675
    Abstract: In various embodiments, virtual currency is used within a multiplayer online game in a restricted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Zynga Game Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Arieh Luxton, Matthew Adam Ocko, Mark Jonathan Pincus, Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Stephen Henry Schoettler