Apple Inc.

Johnny Trenh

Megan M Gardner

Alan Dale Berfield

Ben Harry

Hsi-Jung Wu

Xiaosong Zhou

Dazhong Zhang

Christopher M Garrido

Norman Nuo Wang

Edwin Iskandar

Ian J Baird

Xiaoxia Sun

Sarah K Herrlinger

Techniques are disclosed for initiating game sessions between subscribers to online gaming services when account IDs of those subscribers are unknown. Such techniques permit a first user to select a second user with whom to play a game from information readily at hand, such as a contact manager that the first user maintains. The first user's device may send a resolution request message to an identity services server that includes contact information of the second user. Contact information may include network-based information regarding the second user, such as the user's e-mail address or phone number. The identity services server may resolve the contact into an account ID. Thereafter, a game launch request may be sent to the game server, which includes the account identifier resolved by the identity services server. An invitation message may be sent to a terminal of the second user to participate in the game and the game may be started. These techniques do not require that the first user possess the second user's account ID at the game server.

User of identity services to auto-discover subscribers of social networking sites

Techniques are presented for managing for visual prominence of participants in a video conference, including conferences where participants communicate visually, such as with sign language. According to these techniques, a visual prominence indication of a participant in a video conference may be estimated, a video stream of the participant may be encoded, and the encoded video stream may be transmitted along with an indication of the estimated visual prominence to a receiving device in the video conference.

Gesture and prominence in video conferencing

A method of sharing content rendered on a device, including executing an application which generates audiovisual content, retrieving the application's audiovisual content from a graphics memory, and transmitting the retrieved content to a destination device via a network.

Techniques for secure screen, audio, microphone and camera recording on computer devices and distribution system therefore

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for initiating direct-connection multiplayer game sessions and for resuming a previously-adjourned multiplayer game session using a stored game object representing a state of the game session. In one exemplary method, a multiplayer gaming application may be executed on a first terminal, which may be associated with a first user. The first terminal may access a game object stored on a content management server that contains data representing a state of a previously adjourned session of the multiplayer gaming application. Further, the first terminal may determine, from the game object, a second terminal associated with a second user. The first terminal may host a session between the first terminal and the second terminal. Finally, an updated game object reflecting an updated state of the session may be stored on the content management system.

Persistent game sessions with multiplayer support

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Johnny Trenh