Patent ID: 9522335
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: creating a first game board for a first player when the first player plays an online game for a first time from a first client device; creating a second game board for a second player when the second player plays the online game for a first time from a second client device; detecting, in the online game of the second player, a friend visit from the first player to the second game board, wherein the friend visit includes loading the second game board on the first client device of the first player to allow the first player to control movement of a first avatar of the first player in the second game board rendered on the first client device during the friend visit; and executing, in the online game of the second player, a simulated visit of the first player to the second game board, the simulated visit occurring when the second player is playing the online game, wherein the simulated visit includes simulating movement of the first avatar in the second game board rendered on the second client device so as to match the movement of the first avatar in the second game board rendered on the first client device, without the second player having to re-load the second game board on the second client device of the second player, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.