Patents by Inventor Jeff Rodkey

Jeff Rodkey 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).

  • Replacing Players on a Collaborative Game Task in an Online Game
    Publication number: 20140024461
    Abstract: Software at an MMO game website creates a team to perform a collaborative game task in an MMO game. The collaborative game task is composed of a plurality of individual game tasks. Each player on the team is assigned an individual game task by the software. The software removes an existing player from the team, if the existing player is not participating, and the software assigns a new player to a team. The software determines that the team has satisfactorily completed the collaborative game task associated with the team, according to game mechanics associated with the collaborative game task. Then the software terminates provides a game reward to each player on the team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Rodkey, Tatung Mei, Kyle Sampson, Cesario Julation, Yi Qiang