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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Geoff Pitsch, Somerville, MA (US);
Daniel Charles Teasdale, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Asher Brakeley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Schmidt, Somerville, MA (US);
Geoff Pitsch, Somerville, MA (US);
Daniel Charles Teasdale, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Asher Brakeley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Schmidt, Somerville, MA (US);
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems and computer readable media for providing interaction between remote players and one or more local players of a rhythm-action game executed on a game platform. One or more local players is identified to participate in a networked session of a rhythm action game corresponding to a predetermined band template, each local player associated with a type of simulated musical instrument. A first type of simulated musical instrument, represented in the predetermined band template and not associated with any of the one or more local players, may then be identified, along with a remote player associated with the first type of simulated musical instrument. Then, game platforms of the local and remote players communicate to establish a networked session of the rhythm action game with the one or more local players and the identified remote player before initiating a game session where the players play the game.