Real-time, contextual display of ranked, user-generated game play advice

摘要

Management of user-generated and context appropriate game play advice is disclosed. The present invention allows for management of context appropriate game play advice that is complete and up-to-date regardless of when a particular interactive gaming title is released. Game play advice is pervasive and easily accessible to game players in addition to being accurate and credible such that game players can trust or rely upon the rendered advice. The game play advice is displayed in environmental contexts that are appropriate to the advice being displayed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for managing user-generated game play advice, the method comprising:
receiving new game play advice from a user through a user interface generated by a game play advice submission engine, the game play advice submission engine coupled to a server and executable by a processor; and executing instructions stored in a memory, in which execution of instructions by the processor: displays the new game play advice to a community of users, the new game play advice displayed in a default ranking position and in conjunction with previously received game play advice, the game play advice displayed in a manner that is relevant with respect to a present context of game play, the new game play advice displayed by a game play advice display engine that utilizes an asynchronous programming language; receives feedback associated with the quality of the new game play advice or the previously received game play advice, the feedback received from the community of users, the feedback received via a feedback engine generating a prompt that is displayed in an immediate context of the new game play advice or the previously received game play advice; ranks the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice based on the feedback received from the community of users; and displays the new game play advice in conjunction with the previously received game play advice via the game play advice display engine, the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice displayed in accordance with the ranking of the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice, wherein the new game play advice is no longer displayed in the default ranking position and the new game play advice is displayed in a manner that is relevant with respect to a present context of game play, the ranking allocated by a ranking engine.