Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Vincent Bannister

Justin David Brown

Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto

Eric David Heutchy

Theodore Ludovicus Michel

Tobin R Titus

Mario Esposito

Bryan R Born

Avi Ben-Menahem

Vance P O'Neill

Erik Porter

Micheal Dunn

Joe Downing

Ernest A Booth

Devin Jenson

Jefferson Ng

Brahmnes Fung

Stephen Paul Dolan

Praneeth Kallu

Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung

Paul Lyttle

Rankin J Kern

David A Straily

Various embodiments relating to validating a user's entitlement to play a game are provided. In one embodiment, a request for a user to play a game is received at a validation service. The request may include an obfuscate-encoded bundle including a signed user ID identifying the user, a signed hardware ID of a computing machine on which the game is requested to be played, and a signed receipt. The obfuscate-encoded bundle may be decoded and the request may be validated according to a plurality of security checks including determining that one or both of the signed hardware ID or the signed user ID respectively match a hardware ID and/or a user ID included in the signed receipt. If the request to play the game is valid, an authentication token may be sent to the computing machine that allows the user to play the game on the computing machine.

Validation of user entitlement to game play

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

Technologies are described herein for sharing advertisement revenue. An advertiser-generated avatar is provided to a first participant. The advertiser-generated avatar may be associated with an advertisement. Further, the first participant may be associated with a current avatar. The current avatar is replaced with the advertiser-generated avatar. While the first participant is associated with the advertiser-generated avatar, a level of interaction between the first participant and other participants is monitored. An amount of compensation to provide the first participant is determined based on the level of interaction between the first participant and the other participants. The compensation is provided to the first participant.

Advertising revenue sharing

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