Lamberto B Alvaro

8545330, Oct 1, 2013

Sep 26, 2011

13/244915

Justin Wickett - San Francisco CA, US
Shane Ishmael Sareli - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Kane - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Potter Driemeyer - San Francisco CA, US
Lamberto Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

A63F 9/24

463 42

A method of enabling in-game contextual chatting is disclosed. A request for information about an online game currently being played by a first player and a second player is received. A previous online game that was previously played by the first player and the second player is determined. A chat transcript is generated that pertains to the online game in response to the request for the information, the chat transcript spanning from the online game currently being played by the first player and the second player to the previous online game that was previously played by the first player and the second player.

8585506, Nov 19, 2013

Nov 16, 2011

13/297533

Shane Sareli - San Francisco CA, US
Lamberto M. Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US
Laurence M. Toney - San Francisco CA, US
Nir Leibovich - San Francisco CA, US
Sergey Perov - San Francisco CA, US

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

A63F 9/24

463 42

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing online games. One method includes operations for providing access to a plurality of online games and to a wrapper game, where each of the online games, as well as the wrapper game, are directly accessible utilizing a corresponding internet address which is different for each online game. A virtual currency is shared by the plurality of online games. Additionally, a shared navigation bar is provided, and each of the online games includes the shared navigation bar in a graphic user interface (GUI) of the game.

20130029760, Jan 31, 2013

Sep 26, 2011

13/244920

Justin Wickett - San Francisco CA, US
Shane Ishmael Sareli - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Kane - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Potter Driemeyer - San Francisco CA, US
Lamberto Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US

ZYNGA INC. - SAN FRANCISCO CA

A63F 13/10
A63F 13/00

463 29, 463 43

A method of combining games based on levels of interactivity of the games is disclosed. It is identified that a player is idle with respect to a primary game, the primary game having a first level of interactivity. A secondary game having a second level of interactivity is selected based on the second level of interactivity being compatible with the first level of interactivity. The player is provided with an option to participate in the secondary game while the player is idle with respect to the primary game.

20140031132, Jan 30, 2014

Sep 30, 2013

14/041954

Shane Ishmael Sareli - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Kane - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Potter Driemeyer - San Francisco CA, US
Lamberto Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

A63F 13/12

463 42

A method of enabling in-game contextual chatting is disclosed. A chat transcript is generated that pertains to an online game that is playable by a first and second player. The chat transcript may span from the online game currently being played by the first player and the second player to a previous online game that was previously played by the first player and the second player.

20140038726, Feb 6, 2014

Oct 3, 2013

14/045252

Lamberto M. Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US
Laurence M. Toney - San Francisco CA, US
Nir Leibovich - San Francisco CA, US
Sergey Perov - San Francisco CA, US

ZYNGA INC. - SAN FRANCISCO CA

G07F 17/32

463 42

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing online games that are non-monolithic programs. One method includes an operation for providing access to a plurality of online games and to a wrapper game. Each of the online games and the wrapper game is directly accessible to be loaded utilizing a corresponding internet address, which is different for each online game. The wrapper game includes options to load any of the plurality of online games. In addition, the method includes another operation for providing a chat interface in the plurality of online games and in the wrapper game. The chat interface allows users accessing any of the online games to exchange messages with other users accessing any of the online games, and the chat interface is unavailable to users currently absent from the online games and absent from the wrapper game.

20140121027, May 1, 2014

Jan 3, 2014

14/146965

- San Francisco CA, US
Lamberto M. Alvaro - San Francisco CA, US
Laurence M. Toney - San Francisco CA, US
Nir Leibovich - San Francisco CA, US
Sergey Perov - San Francisco CA, US

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

G07F 17/32

463 42

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing online games that are non-monolithic programs. One method includes an operation for providing a shared navigation interface in a plurality of game applications to be rendered on a mobile device. The shared navigation interface includes options for loading and executing each of the game applications from the plurality of game applications, and progress made in each game application is independent from progress made in other game applications from the plurality of game applications. Further, the method includes operations for loading and executing a first game application from the plurality of game applications on the mobile device, and for detecting a selection, made by a user playing the first game, of a second game application in the shared navigation interface. The second game application is loaded and executed in response to the detecting.