Granted Patent B2

US 7,974,901 · App. 12/724,993 · Granted Jul 5, 2011

Assignee: Leviathan Entertainment, LLC

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

retrieving, by a Video Game Central Server, a plurality of player attributes of a player;

determining, by the Video Game Central Server, if the plurality of player attributes qualify for a relationship;

if the attributes qualify for a relationship, flagging, by the Video Game Central Server, a character account of the player as eligible for a relationship:

outputting, by the Video Game Central Server, relationship availability to the player character;

retrieving, by the Video Game Central Server, a request to form a relationship by contract;

outputting, by the Video Game Central Server, parameters for the contract;

receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, conditions for the contract;

creating, by the Video Game Central Server, a new relationship contract record based on the conditions for the contract;

receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, an indication that a first player character desires to enter into a parent-child contract;

determining, by the Video Game Central Server, if a child relationship contract is available for the first player character; and

outputting, by the Video Game Central Server, an available parent-child contract.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, a request to sever the relationship;

determining, by the Video Game Central Server, that the request to sever is permitted based upon the conditions for the contract; and

severing, by the Video Game Central Server, the relationship.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

determining, by the Video Game Central Server, additional conditions that must be met in order for the relationship to be severed;

outputting, by the Video Game Central Server, to the player, additional conditions that must be met in order for the relationship to be severed; and

determining that the additional conditions have been met.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving, by the Video Game Central Server, a relationship contract;

determining, by the Video Game Central Server, if the relationship contract is eligible to be severed;

outputting, by the Video Game Central Server, an offer to sever the relationship contract;

receiving an acceptance of the offer;

severing, by the Video Game Central Server, the contract; and

updating, by the Video Game Central Server, a relationship contract record to reflect the severed contract.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising

receiving, by the Video Game Central Server, an acceptance of the parent-child contract.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising

generating, by the Video Game Central Server, a genetic profile of the child player character based on part on the genetic profile of at least one parent player character.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising

creating, by the Video Game Central Server, a child player character with the generated genetic profile of the child.

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