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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Warren Benedetto, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2014.01); A63F 13/5375 (2014.01); A63F 13/65 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2014.09); A63F 13/5375 (2014.09); A63F 13/65 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09);
Abstract

Technology is described for surfacing contextually related resources to a player of a video game by way of a surfacing platform. In a method embodiment, an operation processes a query from a player of a video game that is related to completing an objective. The method includes operations for processing game data of the player for determining a current state and processing game data of other players that have completed the objective. The method further includes operations for identifying successful attempts of completing the objective by other players and the resources used in doing so. The method selects a resource that is usable by the player to complete the objective based on those resources by the other players in the successful attempts and presents the resource to the player for immediate use.


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