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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/10 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/10 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/609 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for providing comprehensive information of all game achievements on a single GUI of a gaming and media system. The achievements GUI lists all game achievements, whether locked or unlocked, and may visually differentiate between locked and unlocked achievements. Upon a user selecting a listed achievement, information relating to that achievement may be displayed on the same GUI, in an achievement descriptor area beside the area listing the achievements.