Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Other

Autodesk, Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Network America LLC

Nitin Y Mohan

Adil Ahmed Sherwani

Derek Andrew Parker

Mischa G Stephens

Oscar Michael Sanchez

Karthik Anandh Govindaraj

Warren M Benedetto

Landon Noss

Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer

Paul Edridge

Xifan Chen

Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan

Xiaohan Zhang

Charles Wayne Denison, Ii

Simon Andrew St John Brislin

Andrew John Nicholas Jones

Matthew Stewart Bloom-Carlin

Jay Robert Franck

Matthew Ito

Steven Patrick Trombetta

Nobukazu Koyama

Benedikt Neuenfeldt

Yohei Nishikawa

Pritpal Singh Panesar

Benjamin David Cochran

Brian Philip Mathews

Gabor Melli

Rui Li

Jason Abulencia

Murray Hume

Dominic Kieran Graziano

Jeffrey Richard Klug

John Daniel Schmier

Oleksii Kyrych

Ai Sasho

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

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

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 indicating completion of the activity. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifier and completion data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to provide assistance videos to improve activity completion rates in the video game. The videos may be presented on the plurality of user devices.

Server-based video help in a video game

Remote networked services for providing contextual game guidance

Computer implemented methods and systems for providing a uniform data platform for at least one application of a plurality of applications are disclosed. Exemplary methods include receiving application data from at least one of a device and a server, a device executing a portion of an application of a plurality of applications, storing the application data in a data platform, the data model including at least one metadata and at least one event, the one metadata corresponding to at least one object indicated in the data model, and the one event corresponding to a trigger condition associated with the one metadata entry, wherein values of the one metadata and one event are associated with a user profile and accessing via a plurality of remote networked services, the application data stored in the data platform, the plurality of remote network services accessing the application data using the data model.

Data model for uniform data platform

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 evet 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 indicating completion of the activity. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifier and completion data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to determine a video game mechanic suggestion to help a player complete the activity.

Server-based mechanics help determination from aggregated user data

An electronic processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a source module for providing a voting content of a game for utilizing a content voting feature in a social gaming network; a vote module, coupled to the source module, for generating votes for the game based on the voting content by selecting a game title of the game in a voting timeframe during a development of the game, the votes generated for exclusive memberships; and a result module, coupled to the vote module, for generating a voting result based on the votes in the voting timeframe for displaying on a screen.

Electronic processing system with social network mechanism and method of operation thereof

The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for pre-computing image manipulations.

Pre-computing image manipulations

Growing community of inventors

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Nitin Y Mohan