Patents by Inventor Serena Wang

Serena Wang 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).

  • Providing virtual items based on location-based actions
    Patent number: 11471759
    Abstract: A method of providing virtual items based on location-based action is disclosed. An indication is received of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the performance of the location-based action by the player of the computer-implemented game. The virtual item may be usable within the computer-implemented game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Auterio, Deniz Ersever, Nathan Arthur Etter, Hardik Kheskani, Serena Lam, Amitt Mahajan, Christopher Joseph Makarsky, Jay Monahan, Donald C. Mosites, Benjamin Mullin, Matthew Adam Ocko, Brian Reynolds, Shantanu Talapatra, Justin Waldron, Ian Wang, Jackson Wang
  • ANTICIPATING QUERIES FOR INTERACTIVE METRICS BASED ON USAGE
    Publication number: 20220012244
    Abstract: A videogame metrics query system, and related method, has one or more databases and a speculative cache. The system stores videogame metrics and tracks queries relating to videogame metrics. The system generates multiple queries, based on a received query and tracked queries. The system generates a combined query that has greater computational efficiency of execution. From executing the combined query, the system extracts query results relevant to the received query, and caches remaining results in the speculative cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventors: Serena Wang, Kaiyu Liu, Yu Jin, Sundeep Narravula, Harold Chaput, Navid Aghdaie, Kazi Zaman