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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Andrew J. Ivory, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Barry J. Pellas, Durham, NC (US);
Matthew T. Pellas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew K. Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew J. Ivory, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Barry J. Pellas, Durham, NC (US);
Matthew T. Pellas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew K. Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Voice chat enhances the game playing experience by allowing gamers in different locations to have conversations within the gaming environment. Functionality can be implemented within a gaming system to send an external invitation a user who is logged out of the game system to participate in a voice chat and/or multiplayer game session. The user can choose to accept the invitation and participate in the voice chat session on a device such as a mobile phone. Automatically generating external requests improves convenience for players, especially when inviting several other players to a voice chat session, because they do not have to find external contact information for each player who is not logged in.