Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

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Adil Ahmed Sherwani

Warren M Benedetto

Landon Noss

Mischa G Stephens

Derek Andrew Parker

Nitin Y Mohan

Akihiko Kusumoto

Steven Patrick Trombetta

Benedikt Neuenfeldt

Oscar Michael Sanchez

Dustin Shawn Clingman

Yohei Nishikawa

Xiaohan Zhang

Nobukazu Koyama

Daniel S Hiatt

Charles Wayne Denison, Ii

Jay Robert Franck

Karthik Anandh Govindaraj

Christopher Thielbar

Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer

Matthew Stewart Bloom-Carlin

Paul Edridge

Gabor Melli

Rui Li

Xifan Chen

Nicole Hayashida

James Fairbairn

Jonathan Warren Webb

Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan

Takahisa Ishikawa

Andrew John Nicholas Jones

Simon Andrew St John Brislin

Murray James Hume

Matthew Ito

Justin Lancaster

Masahiro Fujihara

Atsushi Fuse

Andrew D Herman

Parsa Shirazi

Pritpal Singh Panesar

Ramana Bangalore Prakash

Junya Noda

Ai Sasho

Stephen Paddon

Dmitry Makarov

Oleksii Kyrych

Matt Bloom-Carlin

A method for gaming interaction. The method including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from a gaming application executed for a first user. The method including generating a user defined package according to parameter information provided by the first user through a first companion interface of a first computing device of the first user, wherein the parameter information is based on one or more snapshots of the plurality of snapshots. The method including generating a marker for the user defined package. The method including providing the marker for display on a second computing device of a second user, wherein the marker enables access to the user defined package.

Marker in a message providing access to a full version of a video game

Techniques for improving a graphical user interface are described. In an example, a computer system receives an activity identifier of an activity in a video game and correlated locations. It builds a map of the locations from completion data indicating completion of the activity, and location data indicating where the activity was completed in the video game by other players. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. Data is processed to determine where the likely location is for completing the activity in the video game. This likely location is shown as a graphical user interface element in a map.

Server-based generation of a help map in a video game

In the case where an event occurs in game software being executed, an event information acquiring section acquires, from the game software, event information including an event code that identifies the event that has occurred. An update processing section updates a record associated with the acquired event information in a first memory. A transmission processing section sends the acquired event information from a communication unit to outside.

Information processing device and information processing method

A first ring buffer records a game moving image by game software currently being executed, together with time information. In a case where an event is generated in a game, an event information acquiring part acquires event information including an event code that identifies the generated event, from the game software. A second ring buffer records therein the acquired event information together with the time information synchronized with the first ring buffer.

Information processing device

A system and method for creating and/or administering operation of replayable activities for interactive content titles. The replayable activities may be competitive in nature and may be used to determine a ranking. A first set of data associated with an interactive content title may be received. The first set of data associated with the interactive content title may be received from an interactive content source server. The interactive content title may be is at least partially hosted at the interactive content source server. The first set of data may be associated with a replayable activity for the interactive content title. A score may be determined based on the first set of data for an associated user account. The associated user account may be placed in the ranking based on scores of other user accounts and respective sets of data associated with the replayable activity for the interactive content title.

Replayable activities for interactive content titles

Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.

Spoiler block service

A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image.

Method and system for saving a snapshot of game play and used to begin later execution of the game play by any user as executed on a game cloud system

Computer-implemented systems and methods for providing contextual game guidance are described herein. An example method includes determining based on contextual information regarding an application an objective of the user; automatically deriving based on the contextual information and the objective contextual guidance to assist the user; generating a user interface having the contextual guidance; and transmitting the user interface to a client device.

Remote networked services for providing contextual game guidance based on a user objective

A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.

In-game location based game play companion application

A system and method for providing personalized assistance in a virtual environment is disclosed. A plurality of trigger events is stored in memory, each trigger event based on a user interaction in the virtual environment. Data sent over a communication network regarding gameplay of a user associated with a media title engaged in the virtual environment is received. Play characteristics exhibited by the user based on the received data are identified. One or more user generated content streams that meet conditions of an identified one or more trigger events are identified. Identified streams are ranked based on a match between the play characteristics exhibited by the user and metadata of each of the identified streams. A display of the ranked streams is provided, wherein the display includes an analysis of the match.

Personalization of user generated content

Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform consumption of in-game objects are provided herein. An exemplary method includes receiving by a data platform from at least one first device game object data discovered by a user while playing a video game associated with the data platform; attributing by the data platform a cross-platform identifier to the game object data; storing by the data platform metadata associated with the game object data to a database associated with the data platform, and receiving by the data platform from a second device associated with the data platform a request for access to the game object data and the metadata. The request may include the cross-platform identifier. The exemplary method further includes authenticating by the data platform the request based on the cross-platform identifier; and based on the authentication selectively providing by the data platform access to game object data and the metadata.

Cross-platform consumption of in-game objects

Techniques for improving a graphical user interface are described. In an example, a computer system receives event data from a plurality of user devices. Each event data includes an identifier of an activity in a video game, completion data indicating completion of the activity, and location data indicating where the activity was completed in the video game. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The event data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to determine where the likely location for completing the activity in the video game. This likely location is shown as a graphical user interface element in a map.

Techniques for improving a user video game experience are described. In an example, a computer system receives event data from a plurality of user devices. Each event data includes an identifier of an activity in a video game and data and an identifier of a mechanic used to complete the activity. The identifiers can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifiers data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to determine, for a user that has not completed the activity, a readiness of the user to perform the activity. Depending on the readiness, the activity can be suggested in a user interface element.

Server-based game activity suggestions

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Adil Ahmed Sherwani