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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Victor O. Suba-Miura, Foster City, CA (US);
Stewart Sargaison, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adding trophy support games that do not have trophies without modifying the original game. The method and apparatus are used to detect particular disk access, use the detected disk access as potential trophy triggers in games, and recognize the triggers while a game is played. Trophies are awarded based on the triggers, and the awarded trophies are stored.