RECORDING COMPANION

摘要

Active gameplay of a video game on a computer gaming device is overseen by a platform-level in-game recording companion that executes separately from any of a plurality of different video games. During active gameplay of the video game, the active gameplay is continuously and automatically buffered to a temporary storage buffer. During active gameplay the computer gaming device receives a command to save a segment of the active gameplay for subsequent viewing. Without interrupting the active gameplay, the segment of the active gameplay is saved from the temporary storage buffer to a library of the platform-level in-game recording companion.

主权项

1. A digital video recording method for video games, the method comprising:
on a computer gaming device configured to play a plurality of different video games, overseeing active gameplay of a video game of the plurality of different video games with a platform-level in-game recording companion that executes separately from any of the plurality of different video games; during active gameplay of the video game, continuously and automatically buffering the active gameplay to a temporary storage buffer of the computer gaming device; during active gameplay of the video game, receiving a command to save a segment of the active gameplay for subsequent viewing; and without interrupting active gameplay of the video game, saving the segment of the active gameplay from the temporary storage buffer to a library of the platform-level in-game recording companion.