Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC

Sreelata Santhosh

Brian Douglas Buhr

Brian Fernandes

Mark Vaden

A method includes detecting a first group seeking members, detecting one or more users seeking to join a group, retrieving group parameters corresponding to the first group, and retrieving user parameters corresponding to each of the one or more users. The group parameters may include group characteristic data and group requirements. For each user of the one or more users, the group parameters corresponding to the first group are compared against the user parameters corresponding to the user. A score is determined for each of the one or more users based on the comparing. One or more selected users of the one or more users is recommended to the first group at least in part based on the score. One or more computer programs may be adapted to execute the above steps, and a processor may be configured to perform the above steps.

Apparatus and method for matching groups to users for online communities and computer simulations

A method includes detecting a first user seeking to join a group, detecting one or more groups recruiting members, retrieving user parameters corresponding to the first user, and retrieving group parameters corresponding to each of the one or more groups. The group parameters may comprise group characteristic data and group requirements. For each group of the one or more groups, the group parameters corresponding to the group are compared against the user parameters corresponding to the first user. A score is determined for each of the one or more groups based on the comparing. One or more selected groups of the one or more groups is recommended to the first user at least in part based on the score. One or more computer programs may be adapted to execute the above steps, and a processor may be configured to perform the above steps.

Apparatus and method for matching users to groups for online communities and computer simulations

A method includes capturing data that is representative of actions performed by each of a plurality of human user operated clients as they interact with an online software application, loading at least one or more portions of the captured data into one or more automated simulation clients, and using the one or more automated simulation clients to perform load testing of an online server system. A system includes a data capturing stage, one or more automated simulation clients, and a configuration stage. A computer readable storage medium stores one or more computer programs that will cause a processor based system to execute steps including receiving data that was captured during a running of an online software application and that is representative of actions performed by each of a plurality of human user operated clients as they interacted with the online software application, and loading at least one or more portions of the data into one or more automated simulation clients that are configured to perform load testing of an online server system.

Method and apparatus for load testing online server systems

User information can be encoded into a machine-readable image for use in display on the surface of a tangible and portable apparatus. The machine-readable image may then be optically read by an offline or online processor-based apparatus to decode the information of the machine readable image including the user's identity and/or profile information and any of the user's: (i) preferred setting information (ii) game history information and (iii) previous game performance information. By swiping a personalized machine-readable image pertaining to the individual user, a user (or gamer) may cause the processor based system (i.e. game console system) to perform a number of functions. Updated user information may be re-encoded into an updated machine-readable image that may be easily printed or outputted to the user. The portable machine-readable image may thus be used for the convenient storage of information items to be used in either online or offline gaming environments.

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Carlsbad, CA, United States of America

Sreelata Santhosh