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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Eran B. Egozy, Brookline, MA (US);
Daniel Teasdale, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian Thomas Stephens, Marblehead, MA (US);
Daniel Schmidt, Somerville, MA (US);
John R. Eskew, Allston, MA (US);
Rafael Baptista, Arlington, MA (US);
Kasson Crooker, Arlington, MA (US);
Eran B. Egozy, Brookline, MA (US);
Daniel Teasdale, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian Thomas Stephens, Marblehead, MA (US);
Daniel Schmidt, Somerville, MA (US);
John R. Eskew, Allston, MA (US);
Rafael Baptista, Arlington, MA (US);
Kasson Crooker, Arlington, MA (US);
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Described are methods, systems, apparatuses, computer program products embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and means for providing online challenges between bands in a musical video game. Typically the invention is executed on a game server in signal communication with a game platform and involves receiving, by the game server, musical game input data representing a musical performance of a band. Then, the game server calculates a composite score from the input data based on a gameplay challenge. Then the composite score is compared to a composite score of a second band's performance for the same gameplay challenge. In some embodiments, the comparison is displayed as a real-time representation of the two bands, even though score of the second band is based on a stored performance of the second band.