Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Rankin J Kern

Justin David Brown

Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto

Theodore Ludovicus Michel

Eric David Heutchy

Vance P O'Neill

Micheal Dunn

Vincent Bannister

Jefferson Ng

Stephen Paul Dolan

David A Straily

Praneeth Kallu

Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung

Paul Lyttle

Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.

Matchmaking in multiplayer gaming

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Rankin J Kern