Social network data analysis to generate incentives for online gaming
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for processing recommendations of online games to friends of social network are described. A method for processing recommendations includes identifying a gaming session of a user on an online game provider network, accessing a use profile of the user for the online games of the online game provider network, and accessing a social graph of the user to identify friends of the user and respective friend profiles from the social network. The method further includes producing a recommendation of an online game. The recommendation includes an identification of a target friend of the user and is being provided by examination of the use profile of the user and friend profiles in the social graph. The method includes providing the recommendation to the user. The recommendation also includes an offer incentive to the user to share the recommendation with the target friend.
1. A method comprising:
providing access to a game network, wherein the access to the game network is provided to a client device via a user profile, wherein the client device is configured to be operated by a user;
accessing a social network to identify a social network friend of the user from a social graph associated with the user profile; and
generating a notification to send to a user account associated with the user profile, wherein the notification includes a reward to be provided to the user account and an identity of the social network friend, wherein the notification includes that the reward is to be provided to the user when the user recommends a game to the social network friend, wherein the game is configured to be accessed via the game network that is not the same as the social network.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game network includes game data for playing a plurality of games, the user profile, the user account, a user account of the social network friend, and a use profile of use of the game by the user, wherein the use profile includes data regarding the use of the game by the user.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving information regarding the user from the client device via a computer network;
determining whether the information is authentic, wherein said providing access to the game network occurs in response to determining that the information is authentic.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the client device is a smart phone or a computer, wherein the user profile includes information identifying the user.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising assigning a web account to the user, wherein said accessing the social network is performed via the web account, wherein the web account is the user account.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the social graph includes an association between the user profile and a profile of the social network friend of the user.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the social network friend includes an identity of the social network.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicates that an additional reward will be provided to the user when the social network friend plays the game.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game network and the social network are coupled to the client device via a computer network.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the social network friend has accessed the game via the game network;
providing another reward to the social network friend for accessing the game.
11. A server system comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
provide access to a game network, wherein the access to the game network is provided to a client device via a user profile, wherein the client device is configured to be operated by a user;
access a social network to identify a social network friend of the user from a social graph associated with the user profile; and
generate a notification to send to a user account associated with the user profile, wherein the notification includes a reward to be provided to the user account and an identity of the social network friend, wherein the notification includes that the reward is to be provided to the user when the user recommends a game to the social network friend, wherein the game is configured to be accessed via the game network that is not the same as the social network; and
a memory device coupled to the one or more processors for storing the user profile.
12. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the game network includes game data for playing a plurality of games, the user profile, the user account, a user account of the social network friend, and a use profile of use of the game by the user, wherein the use profile includes data regarding the use of the game by the user.
13. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive information regarding the user from the client device via a computer network;
determine whether the information is authentic, wherein the access to the game network is provided in response to a determination that the information is authentic.
14. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the client device is a smart phone or a computer, wherein the user profile includes information identifying the user.
15. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to assign a web account to the user, wherein the access to the social network is provided via the web account, wherein the web account is the user account.
16. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the social graph includes an association between the user profile and a profile of the social network friend of the user.
17. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the identity of the social network friend includes an identity of the social network.
18. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the notification indicates that an additional reward will be provided to the user when the social network friend plays the game.
19. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the game network and the social network are coupled to the client device via a computer network.
20. The server system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine whether the social network friend has accessed the game via the game network;
provide a reward to the social network friend for accessing the game.