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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adil Sherwani, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Webb, Sausalito, CA (US);
Murray James Hume, Broxbourne, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/497 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/497 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09);
Abstract
A video game sharing method and system enables users to share playable video game segments with users so that the users are able to view the video game segments or interactively play the video game segments. When shared, state information for the video game segments is included such that the users begin in the same position with the same relevant statistics. By enabling video game sharing, user enjoyment and video game popularity are increased.