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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Lampell, Woodside, CA (US);
Marcel van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Lampell, Woodside, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for providing a game center having player specific options and statistics. For example, in at least certain embodiments, a game center module can provide a friends option such that a user can view and select from a list of friends. The game center module can provide friend details of a selected friend including a list of games played together between the user and the selected friend and a list of other games in common between the user and the selected friend. In an embodiment, the list of games in common and the list of other games in common each include a list of options with each option indicating a respective game name and a comparison of the user's ranking and the selected friend's ranking for the respective game.