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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Brian Ostergren, Redmond, WA (US);
Trisha Eileen Stouffer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Ostergren, Redmond, WA (US);
Trisha Eileen Stouffer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/552 (2013.01); A63F 2300/556 (2013.01); A63F 2300/636 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5566 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed in a gaming and media system for quickly and efficiently showing all friends gaming at a given time, what they are playing, and for providing the ability to download and/or join their friend's game. Information relating to which friends are gaming online, what games they are playing and whether their games are joinable are consolidated onto a single GUI. That same GUI, referred to as a Friends Playing Now GUI, also provides the user with the ability to join games which are indicated to be joinable.