System and method for managing game-playing experiences

摘要

A system for managing game-playing experiences includes one or more game-playing devices provided with communication interfaces for exchanging game-playing experiences therebetween. Each device includes computing hardware coupled to a graphical interface for presenting an interactive game thereupon. The computing hardware is operable to execute one or more game software products recorded on machine-readable data storage media for generating the interactive game. The one or more game software products include a game experience software module (GESW) for generating metadata concurrently with recording the game-playing experience substantially as presented via the graphical interface which enables the recorded game-playing experience to be subsequently managed prior to communication for distribution for viewing. Optionally, the metadata includes one or more metadata events which are searchable when subsequently viewing the game-playing experience.

主权项

1. A system for managing game-playing experiences, comprising:
a game playing device configured to execute an interactive computer game, record an execution of the computer game, the recorded execution of the computer game comprising a gameplay experience; at least one other game playing device configured to execute the interactive computer game and one or more of record or replay a different gameplay experience; a communication interface for exchanging different recorded gameplay experiences between different game playing devices, the communication interface configured to convert a gameplay experience on one game playing device to a format compatible for another game playing device; the different game playing devices comprising computing hardware coupled to a graphical interface for presenting the interactive computer game thereupon, and wherein the computing hardware is configured to execute a game software product recorded on machine-readable data storage; the game software product including a game experience software module (GESW) for generating during the execution of the interactive computer game a stream of metadata concurrently with recording a corresponding gameplay experience substantially as presented via the graphical interface, the stream of metadata enabling the recorded gameplay experience or an arbitrary number of points or segments of time in the recorded gameplay experience to be subsequently described, identified, analysed, managed, searched or edited; the game experience software module, when executed by the computing hardware, being configured to detect and identify certain events that occur during the recorded gameplay experience; identify segments of the recorded game play experience that include the detected event, add a highlight annotation to the stream of metadata to identify the segment as a highlight event, create an edited version of the recorded gameplay experience that includes only the highlight events, and distribute the edited version for replay by the at least one other game playing device; wherein the stream of metadata includes timestamps and is configured to one or more of:
identify or describe a corresponding gameplay experience or arbitrary number of points in time or segments thereof;edit the recorded gameplay experience;annotate the recorded gameplay experience;highlight the recorded gameplay experience;execute searches for other gameplay experiences or points of interest or segments within different gameplay experiences;navigate contents of the recorded gameplay experience;share the recorded gameplay experience;describe the user through his gameplay in one or multiple games;describe the user through observing what types of gameplay experiences and points of interest within different gameplay experiences are viewed;search for other players interested in a given type of game associated with the recorded gameplay experience; andrecommend to a user interesting other users or game-play experiences that are relevant based on the metadata collected about users and game-play experiences and correlations between them.