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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Casey J. Pelkey, Medina, WA (US);
Darren C. Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/046 (2013.01); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/50 (2013.01); A63F 2300/556 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5546 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example system includes a web server computer and at least two video game systems. Each game system is configured to connect to the web server computer via the Internet and to communicate status data indicative of an activity engaged in by a user thereof. The web server computer generates a session file indicative of user status and the status of each of two or persons on a buddy list of the user.