Patent ID: 9731203
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: during an ongoing game instance of a computer-implemented multiplayer game, identifying a plurality of current players participating in the ongoing game instance; accessing, for each one of the plurality of current players, respective social network information comprising a respective friend set indicating a plurality of members of one or more social networks of the respective current player, so that a superset of friends of the plurality of current players is together constituted by the plurality of friends sets and providing cumulative social network information for the plurality of current players; in an automated operation using one or more processors, analyzing the cumulative social network information to identify from the superset of friends one or more candidates for joining the ongoing game instance; and in an automated process, causing presentation on respective user devices associated with the one or more identified candidates of respective invitation messages, each invitation message including a user interface element selectable by the associated candidate to cause the candidate automatically to be added to the ongoing game instance of the computer-implemented multiplayer game.