Voting with your feet
Granted 10 Jun 2014 · 4 office actions
Current assignee: Zynga · originally Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
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Inventors: Brian Reynolds, Matthew Adam Ocko, Amitt Mahajan · Examiner: Dmitry Suhol · AU 3716 · TC 3700
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13 dated eventsAbstract
A method of voting with your feet is disclosed. A performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game is associated with a vote on a matter. The performance of the location-based action by the player is detected. A count of votes corresponding to the vote on the matter is incremented based on the detecting of the performance of the location-based action by the player.
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