Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for facilitating assumption of player identity in an online game
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Application No.: US14184709Application Date: 2014-02-20
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Publication No.: US09656161B1Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Charles Bowman , Brian Brause
- Applicant: KABAM, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00 ; A63F13/30

Abstract:
One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing an online game for facilitating assumption of a player identity. The online game comprises a player account associated with the player. By facilitating assumption of a first player identity associated with a first player account, game support personnel and/or an administrator may be substituted for a player in the online game. The assumption of the first player identity may be accomplished through transmission and/or implementation of a private key stored on a client computing platform associated with the first player account, in order to facilitate a different client computing platform (e.g., associated with support personnel) to be authenticated to the first player account. This may allow the support personnel and/or an administrator to directly experience the player problems in the online game.
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