公开(公告)号：US20220401832A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17447918

申请日：2021-09-16

申请人： Immersive Group Gaming Ltd

发明人： William Thomas Dean ,  Thomas James Arnott ,  Jan Breens

IPC分类号： A63F13/352 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04L29/08

摘要： A distributed computer system for delivering a requested game experience at any venue of a plurality of distributed venues comprises: at each venue: a plurality of local units serving respective gameplay areas of the venue, each local unit coupled to a set of multimedia gaming equipment for delivering a game experience in its gameplay area, and a venue central unit configured to connect to each of the local units of that venue; a booking system for managing game bookings across the plurality of distributed venues, the booking system configured to receive, from a user device, a booking request denoting a requested venue of the plurality of distributed venues, and create a booking in response; and a master central server configured to connect to the session management system and the venue central unit of each venue; wherein the master central server is configured to generate a game session based on the booking, and automatically communicate the game session to the venue central unit of the requested venue, wherein the venue central unit receiving the game session is configured render accessible, to the local unit serving one of the gameplay areas, game details of the game session, and wherein that local unit is configured to deliver the requested game experience within that gameplay area, using its set of multimedia gaming equipment, based on the game details of the game session.

公开(公告)号：US11524228B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US16870810

申请日：2020-05-08

申请人： SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

发明人： Yuji Tsuchikawa ,  Ryan D. Sutton

IPC分类号： A63F13/00 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/48 ,  G06F3/04817

摘要： Techniques are described for an intuitive and efficient GUI. In an example, a UI elements are presented on a GUI. Each one of the UI elements can corresponds to a set of computer applications or a set of computer files having attributes and each one of the UI elements can be selected to launch, as applicable, a computer application, a computer file, or a page about the computer application or computer file. A request to sort the UI elements can be received and can indicate at least one of the attributes as a sort factor. The UI elements are sorted accordingly and presented in an updated arrangement on the GUI. An attribute used in the sorting is presented within or in proximity to the UI elements, whereas another attribute not used in the sorting is not presented in the updated arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US20220347566A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17868121

申请日：2022-07-19

申请人： Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.

发明人： Xiangdong CHEN

IPC分类号： A63F13/352 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/48

摘要： A method and apparatus for pre-starting a cloud application, a device, a storage medium, and a program product are provided. The method includes: installing a cloud application; in response to determining that the cloud application is provided with a pre-starting switch, pre-starting the cloud application, and rendering a running screen of the cloud application; and sending, in response to receiving a startup instruction of the cloud application sent by a user, the running screen to the user. This implementation provides more cloud application scenarios.

公开(公告)号：US20220319138A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17848704

申请日：2022-06-24

申请人： LEGO A/S

发明人： Anders Antoft SCHOU

IPC分类号： G06T19/00 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/332 ,  G06V20/20

摘要： According to one aspect, a toy system is adapted for use in a multiplayer game, the toy system comprising a primary user device, a secondary user device, and one or more toys; wherein the primary and secondary user devices are operable in a common multiplayer game session; wherein the primary user device is configured to capture video images of a real-world scene including the one or more toys from a primary view point and to display the captured video images as a primary view of the real-world scene; wherein the secondary user device is configured to display a secondary view of a scene corresponding to the real-world scene as seen from a secondary view point; wherein the one or more toys comprise at least one user-manipulable object adapted to selectively be brought into a user-selected one of a plurality of predetermined states, at least a first one of the predetermined states having a first visual appearance; wherein the primary user device is configured to detect said first predetermined state in a primary view including the user-manipulable object, based on the first visual appearance; and wherein the secondary user device is configured to produce user-perceptible output, in response to the detected first predetermined state. Corresponding methods and computer systems for implementing the method are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US11431507B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17000592

申请日：2020-08-24

申请人： Network Next, Inc.

发明人： Glenn Alexander Fiedler

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04L9/40 ,  A63F13/73 ,  H04L67/146 ,  H04L67/141 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/335 ,  H04L67/01 ,  H04L67/02

摘要： Methods of facilitating communication between clients and servers are contemplated. Embodiments of the inventive subject matter make it possible for a client to establish a packet-based connection with a server by first authenticating with a web backend. This can enable, for example, a client to establish a packet-based connection with a server though a web browser.

公开(公告)号：US20220258061A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17653799

申请日：2022-03-07

申请人： Electronic Arts Inc.

发明人： Harold Henry Chaput ,  Jesse Hans Stokes Harder ,  Daniel Lee Kading ,  John Christopher Epler ,  John Kolen ,  Navid Aghdaie ,  Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman ,  Kenneth Alan Moss ,  Thomas Murray Perlinski ,  Graham Francis Scott

IPC分类号： A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/47 ,  A63F13/822 ,  A63F13/493 ,  A63F13/48

摘要： A video game includes a single player mode where completion of storyline objectives advances the single player storyline. The video game also includes a multiplayer mode where a plurality of players can play on an instance of a multiplayer map. Storyline objectives from the single player mode are selected and made available for completion to players in the multiplayer mode, and the single player storylines can be advanced by players completing respective storyline objectives while playing in the multiplayer mode. Combinations of storyline objectives are selected from pending storyline objectives for players connecting to a multiplayer game for compatibility with multiplayer maps. Constraints can be used to determine compatibility.

公开(公告)号：US20220212098A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17701025

申请日：2022-03-22

申请人： Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

发明人： Nicholas Robertson Hunter

IPC分类号： A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/73 ,  H04L67/1021 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/5681 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/48 ,  H04L67/62 ,  A63F13/352 ,  H04L67/61 ,  A63F13/795 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/55

摘要： Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.

公开(公告)号：US11376499B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16940370

申请日：2020-07-27

申请人： Skillz Platform Inc.

发明人： Andrew Paradise ,  Miriam Aguirre

IPC分类号： A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/798 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/32 ,  A63F13/332 ,  A63F13/34 ,  A63F13/352

摘要： Data characterizing two players enrolled in a tournament of an online video game is received. Each player is executing a separate instance of the online video game. The online video game is asynchronous between the two players. The data is received by a tournament server hosting the tournament and separate from a game server providing game data to clients associated with the two players. An instruction for synchronous initiation of gameplay between the two players is generated. The instruction is transmitted to the clients associated with the two players, the instruction causing synchronous initiation of the asynchronous games for the two players. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20220174027A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17651320

申请日：2022-02-16

申请人： Snap Inc.

发明人： William Wu ,  Dylan Shane Eirinberg ,  Alexander R. Osborne

IPC分类号： H04L51/10 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/48

摘要： Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for providing a platform that facilitates communication between a messaging application and a web-based gaming application. The web-based gaming application is launched, via the platform, from the messaging application. Context of the messaging application from which the web-based gaming application was launched is determined. The context of the messaging application is communicated, via the platform, to the web-based gaming application. A feature of the messaging application is integrated, via the platform, into the web-based gaming application based on the context from which the web-based gaming application was launched.

公开(公告)号：US11344814B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16989137

申请日：2020-08-10

申请人： Electronic Arts Inc.

发明人： Su Xue ,  Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman ,  Navid Aghdaie ,  John Kolen ,  Zhengxing Chen

IPC分类号： A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/67 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/35

摘要： Embodiments of systems presented herein may identify users to play a multiplayer video game together using a mapping system and machine learning algorithms to create sets of matchmaking plans for the multiplayer video game that increases player or user retention. Embodiments of systems presented herein can determine the predicted churn rate, or conversely retention rate, of a user waiting to play a video game if the user is matched with one or more additional users in a multiplayer instance of the video game.