Patent ID: 9126105
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A63F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing game operations during execution of an online game, the method comprising: sending, by a game server, a request for filters to a filtering server, wherein the filtering server is configured to access a filters database that includes filters for desired new friends, filters for accepting friendship requests, or filters for limiting friendship searches by the online game; sending, by the filtering server, one or more of the filters for desired new friends to the game server; receiving, by the game server, a selection of first filters from the filters for desired new friends, the first filters being selected by a first user in the online game, the first filters identifying first criteria for desired new friends in the online game; sending, by the game server, the first filters to the filtering server; identifying, by the filtering server, second filters from the filters for accepting friendship requests, the second filters being selected by a plurality of users in the online game, the second filters being entered by each user in a graphic user interface (GUI) to identify second criteria for being added as a new friend by other users in the online game; determining, by the filtering server, a plurality of candidates for becoming new friends of the first user, wherein the candidates are not currently friends of the first user in the online game, wherein each candidate from the plurality of candidates conforms to the first criteria and wherein the first user conforms to the second criteria set by each candidate from the plurality of candidates, wherein determining, by the filtering server, the plurality of candidates further includes accessing a social server to obtain social data of the first user, wherein the social server provides the social data from a social network outside the online game, wherein the obtained social data includes friendship relationships for the first user in the social network; sending the determined plurality of candidates from the filtering server to the game server; sending, by the game server, friendship requests to one or more of the candidates when the second filters require candidate confirmation; and adding one or more candidates as new friends of the first user without sending a friendship request when the second filters enable adding friends without candidate confirmation, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.