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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nathan Allen Stolp, San Diego, CA (US);
Romie John Quinto, Escondido, CA (US);
Ritchard Markelz, Temecula, CA (US);
Abstract
Providing a speedrun timer on a platform, including: initiating a speedrun on the platform by a player using an option in settings of the platform; selecting at least one of installed imports of rulesets and default imports of rulesets; selecting at least one of installed rules and default rules; downloading one of the at least one of selected imports of rulesets or the at least one of the selected rules; starting the speedrun; determining whether at least one of the selected rules have been broken by the player; applying one of time or input-related punishment when it is determined that the at least one of the selected rules have been broken; determining whether criteria of the at least one of the selected rules and the at least one of the installed imports of rulesets are met; and terminating the speedrun when it is determined that the criteria are met.