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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Trombetta, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christopher Thielbar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/79 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 13/73 (2014.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3276 (2013.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.09); A63F 13/73 (2014.09); A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09);
Abstract
Methods and systems directed towards creation of winner tournaments that select and facilitate eligible remote users to compete with the professionals even if the remote user is not at the live e-sport event venue. Remote users are introduced into the live e-sport event for the purpose of also competing against competitive players as well as being introduced as an exhibition match with the professionals, such as fans of the professionals selected based on social media or gameplay statistics.