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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Relja Markovic, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Geisner, Mercer Island, WA (US);
A. Dylan Vance, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian Scott Murphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Matt Coohill, Redmond, WA (US);
Relja Markovic, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Geisner, Mercer Island, WA (US);
A. Dylan Vance, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian Scott Murphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Matt Coohill, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of matching a player of a multi-player game with a remote participant includes recognizing the player, automatically identifying an observer within a threshold proximity to the player, using an identity of the observer to find one or more candidates to play as the remote participant of the multi-player game, and when selecting the remote participant, choosing a candidate from the one or more candidates above a non-candidate if the candidate satisfies a matching criteria.