| Maslow Six Entertainment, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120034971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPTIONAL COMMITMENTS TO PLAYERS WITHIN A VIDEOGAME - Optional commitments may be provided to players within a videogame. The optional commitments commit players to perform and/or abstain from certain actions within the videogame. The players may be rewarded for accepting commitments. The players may be penalized for failing to fulfill commitments. This model for rewarding optional behaviors may provide an alternative for incenting actions within a videogame to conventional models in which players are rewarded and/or penalized only after attempting an activity or activities. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120021825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING GROUP PLAY WITHIN ASYNCHRONOUS VIDEOGAME CONTENT - To simulate group play, player controlled characters may be grouped prior to entry into a set of asynchronous videogame content. Then separate instances of the set of asynchronous videogame content may be provided to players associated with individual ones of the grouped player controlled characters. In the separate instance provided to a given player, secondary instances of the player controlled characters other than the player controlled character being controlled by the given player may be controlled automatically to accompany the player controlled character being controlled by the given player. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110302508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING USER COOPERATION IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - An asynchronous virtual environment may be provided to users in which synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between the users is enabled in spite of the asynchronous nature of the virtual environment. Synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between users may have an impact on gaining and/or retaining users in a virtual environment, such as a videogame or virtual space. For example, such cooperation between users may strengthen a sense of group, community, and/or camaraderie between cooperating users. | 12-08-2011 |
