US 12,134,040 B2
Techniques for offering synergistic bundles in games involving game-sets of play-items
Tian Ding, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,494.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379223 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/67 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/67 (2014.09) [A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/558 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6027 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining sampled gameplay data that identifies play-items included in game-sets that were used in a plurality of previously-played games;
for each play-item pair of a plurality of play-item pairs, generating a pairwise synergy score based at least in part on inclusion of the play-items that belong to the play-item pair in game-sets that were used in a count of the plurality of previously-played games that exceeds a threshold;
constructing a plurality of bundles of play-items;
assigning each bundle of the plurality of bundles a bundle-wise synergy score that is based, at least in part, on the pairwise synergy scores for each pair of play-items that is included in the bundle;
from the plurality of bundles, determining a candidate set of bundles based, at least in part, on the bundle-wise synergy scores assigned to the bundles;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices; and
either rewarding a player with play-items from at least one bundle in the candidate set of bundles; or
presenting the player with the candidate set of bundles to enable the player to select one or more of the bundles from the candidate set of bundles.