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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Theodore L. Michel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul Lyttle, Bothell, WA (US);
Jefferson W. Ng, Seattle, WA (US);
Micheal Dunn, Seattle, WA (US);
Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Duvall, WA (US);
Vance O'Neill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Eric Heutchy, Carnation, WA (US);
Rankin J. Kern, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Straily, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen Paul Dolan, Redmond, WA (US);
Justin Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Praneeth Kallu, Redmond, WA (US);
Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung, Redmond, WA (US);
Vincent Bannister, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.