Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Gershom L Payzer

Gregory M Smith

Connor Peet

Richard Michael Fox

Molly Rose Suver

Christopher Ian Charla

Bridgette Marie Kuehn

Madeline Jaye Whisenant

Jennifer Rose Guriel

Kathryn Stone Perez

Bradford H Lovering

Vijay Gajjala

Stephan Zachwieja

Michael Arnquist

Jason Walken Falk

Christopher Ian Pick

Mehmet Erkilic

Hutchenson Judson White

Caleb S Atwood

Lily Wang

Manuel C Ovena

Jianxun Lian

Mingqi Wu

Joshua Merrill Snider

Licheng Pan

Abdelrahman Khaled Abdo Mohamed

Jonathan MacNeill Ward

This disclosure relates to a content cluster system that provides a framework for leveraging large language models (LLMs) to tag content items (e.g., interactive multimedia content items, such as gaming content items) with attribute tags and, based on attribute tags for related content items, generating cluster descriptions of a cluster of content items. Features of the content cluster system involve tagging content items, determining multi-dimensional embeddings for the content items, and clustering the content items based on proximity of values contained within the multi-dimensional embeddings. The content cluster system may further utilize the LLM to generate one or more cluster descriptions based on the associated tags to create a more creative and dynamic representation of related groupings of titles (e.g., gaming titles). By utilizing LLMs and machine learning resources, the content cluster system provides a scalable approach to conventional approaches in determining and presenting groupings of titles.

Systems and methods for clustering digital content

A method of recommending an unplayed game application to a user includes obtaining a game history associated with a user profile, wherein the game history includes at least one game record of a game application the user profile has been used to play, and evaluating the game history to obtain a plurality of game events associated with a game application of the game history. The method further includes accessing a table of tags associated with the plurality of game events associated with the game application, aggregating a plurality of tags in a tag list in the user profile based at least partially on the table of tags and the plurality of game events, and presenting to the user a recommendation of an unplayed game application based at least partially on the plurality of tags.

Systems and methods for rich personalization of computer game experiences

A method comprises electronically communicating with a game program executing on a broadcaster computer configured to stream a broadcast of the game program, the game program supporting a set of game program methods and not a set of viewer program methods. The method further comprises electronically communicating with a viewer program executing on an audience computer configured to remotely present the broadcast, the viewer program supporting the set of viewer program methods and not the set of game program methods. The method further comprises receiving, from the viewer program, an indication of an invoked viewer program method. The method further comprises translating the indication into a corresponding indication of a game program method, and electronically communicating the indication of the game program method to the game program to effectuate output of the game program corresponding to the indicated game program method.

Cross-platform interactive streaming

A broadcast computing device broadcasts an audiovisual stream via a computer network to a plurality of viewing computers. The broadcast computing device stores production information according to a hybrid data type. The broadcasting program receives a request to update the stored production information from a viewing computer, and updates the production information.

State management of dynamic properties

A method for distributing a shareable video experience among plural video-consumer devices includes receiving a data stream defining the shareable video experience and generating first and second shared video experiences. The first experience is configured for video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction with the shareable video experience; it includes a first video stream conveying visual content of the shareable video experience and a first set of interface controls, the first set of interface controls being useable by video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction to modify the shareable video experience. The second experience is configured for video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction; it includes a second video stream conveying visual content of the shareable video experience and a second set of interface controls that are useable by video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction to present supplementary data in connection to the shareable video experience.

Shareable video experience tailored to video-consumer device

A method for interactive event broadcasting includes receiving a video stream depicting an interactive event. Data representing one or more interactive event controls is received, the interactive event controls being manipulable by a viewer of the interactive event to provide input to the interactive event. The video stream depicting the interactive event and the one or more interactive event controls are displayed as components of a user interface, the video stream and the interactive event controls having a first spatial relationship. Based on detecting a change in state of the interactive event, the first spatial relationship between the video stream and the one or more interactive event controls is changed to a second spatial relationship.

Interactive event broadcasting

Technologies are described for enabling a network protocol that supports switching between communication modes, including a plain text mode and a compressed mode. Switching between the plain text mode and the compressed mode can be performed without closing a network connection between devices. The network protocol can support communication among the devices interacting with a live interactive video game streaming service. The network protocol can also communicate throttling and/or aggregation messages between the devices of the live interactive video game streaming service.

Network protocol for switching between plain text and compressed modes

Technologies are described for enabling interactivity with video games by viewers of a live video game streaming service. For example, messages can be received indicating interactive control events initiated by remote viewers of a live interactive video game stream. A control state data structure can be maintained that comprises control state for the received interactive control events. The control state data structure can maintain separate control state for each of a plurality of time periods (e.g., each time period corresponding to one or more video frames). Actions in the video game can be activated based on the control state data structure.

Interactive control management for a live interactive video game stream

An application development component of a development computing system runs a software application developed with the application development component in a pre-build preview state. A broadcast feature editing component of the development computing system changes a state of a pre-production preview version of a broadcast feature associated with a broadcasting service configured to broadcast graphical content output by a post-build version of the software application. An event synchronization component of the development computing system detects the changed state of the broadcast feature and, based on the changed state, alters the running of the software application in the pre-build preview state.

Event synchronization for development computing system

Examples of the disclosure remotely activate a secure device for application development. A request is received at a device entitlement component for a developer kit from a secure device in a user mode via a network. A determination is made as to whether the secure device is in at least one allowed development group. In response to determining that the secure device is in the at least one allowed development group, a certificate is generated defining a permissions level associated with the developer identifier for the secure device. The certificate is transmitted to the secure device, including a key that interacts with a security processor of the secure device to convert hardware capabilities of the secure device to provide a developer mode at the secure device.

Remote hardware device conversion

High-performance streaming installation of software applications can be achieved by pre-fetching chunks of application files. Pre-fetching can be directed by a recipe file that can handle a wide variety of application behaviors. If a missing chunk is encountered during execution of the application, a cache miss record can be created and forwarded to a telemetry server. Cache miss records can be aggregated to generate a revised recipe file so that future installations of the application avoid the missing chunk scenario. Using the revised recipe file can cause fewer interruptions, result in less delay and otherwise improve performance.

Evolving streaming installation of software applications

A particular method includes receiving credentials during execution of an application at a computing device. The credentials are evaluated to determine whether a user associated with the credentials is authorized to edit the application while the application is being executed. Upon determining that the user is authorized, an editing control is enabled during the execution of the application. The editing control is associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) element of the application and is operable to update the GUI element during execution of the application.

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Gershom L Payzer