Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Targeting of a long-range object in a multiplayer game
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Application No.: US17018282Application Date: 2020-09-11
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Publication No.: US11458394B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Michael Longqiang Zhang , Alexander Nixon Huang , Kam-Wing Fung
- Applicant: Riot Games, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A63F13/2145
- IPC: A63F13/2145 ; A63F13/53 ; A63F13/537

Abstract:
A system and method for improved targeting of a long-range object in a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game is provided. Initially, a touch gesture is received at a tool selection area of a dynamic image provided by the MOBA game, enabling a user to select a tool (e.g., an ability, a virtual weapon, a spell, or the like) to target an object within the virtual world. Next, a second touch gesture is received at a mini-map of the virtual world causing the dynamic image to be automatically adjusted from a perspective corresponding to a character controlled by the user to a perspective representing the location selected within the mini-map. Finally, a third touch gesture is received at a targeting tool providing a target range of the selected tool within the adjusted dynamic image and the user can more precisely and accurately target the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220080314A1 Targeting of a Long-Range Object In a Multiplayer Game Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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