US 11,813,531 B2
Techniques for adapting video game assets based on an aggregated measure of social media interaction and related systems and methods
Brian Seong-chi Chan, Cambridge, MA (US); Daniel Aaron Sproul, Jamaica Plain, MA (US); Michael Verrette, Medford, MA (US); and Ryan William Challinor, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,602.
Application 17/858,602 is a continuation of application No. 16/720,944, filed on Dec. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,383,170.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/784,195, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058656 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/79 (2014.09) [A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of adapting a video game based on social media interaction, the method comprising using at least one computer hardware processor to perform:
sending, to a computing device associated with a social media platform, instructions to create a social media post in a social media platform, the social media post comprising at least one piece of multimedia content relating to a video game, the at least one piece of multimedia content produced by a player of the video game;
receiving, from the computing device, data indicative of user interaction with the social media post, wherein the user interaction with the social media post comprises an action tracked by the social media platform; and
determining a score for the player based at least in part on a type of the action tracked by the social media platform indicated by the received data, wherein the type is one of a plurality of different types of possible interactions with the social media post.