Patents by Inventor Christine Trottier

Christine Trottier 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).

  • Sharing items between multiple game participants
    Patent number: 8562444
    Abstract: Items may be transferred between participants in a multi-participant gaming application through an item sharing object. The item sharing object may be activated by a participant during game play. After activating the item sharing object, a state of the item sharing object may be determined. If the state indicates that a prior participant has left behind an item that is available, then the left behind item may be presented to the current participant activating the object. Alternatively, if no items are available, the processing device may present the current participant with a quest, the completion of which may result in the current participant leaving behind an item for a subsequent participant activating the item sharing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse David Kurlancheek, Christine Trottier
  • SHARING ITEMS BETWEEN MULTIPLE GAME PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20130059663
    Abstract: Items may be transferred between participants in a multi-participant gaming application through an item sharing object. The item sharing object may be activated by a participant during game play. After activating the item sharing object, a state of the item sharing object may be determined. If the state indicates that a prior participant has left behind an item that is available, then the left behind item may be presented to the current participant activating the object. Alternatively, if no items are available, the processing device may present the current participant with a quest, the completion of which may result in the current participant leaving behind an item for a subsequent participant activating the item sharing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ZYNGA INC.
    Inventors: Jesse David Kurlancheek, Christine Trottier