Methods, systems, and products for centralized control of gaming applications
View Patent ↗Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, from a device, a request to pause a gaming application;
generating a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
receiving, from a different device, another request to resume the gaming application; and
resuming the gaming application from the bookmark.
2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising resuming scoring from the bookmark.
3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising storing the bookmark in association with an identifier of a player of the gaming application.
4. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising storing the bookmark in association with a user of the gaming application.
5. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising storing the bookmark in association with an identifier of the different device.
6. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising receiving a query for the bookmark.
7. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising creating bookmarks for multiple players.
8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a request from a device to pause a gaming application;
creating, by the server, a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
receiving, at the server, another request from a different device to resume the gaming application;
retrieving, by the server, the bookmark; and
resuming, by the server, the gaming application from the bookmark.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising resuming scoring from the bookmark.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising storing the bookmark in association with an identifier of a player of the gaming application.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising storing the bookmark in association with a user of the device.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising storing the bookmark in association with an identifier of the device.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving a selection in a graphical user interface to pause the gaming application.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising confirming pausing the gaming application.
15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request from a device to pause a gaming application;
creating a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
receiving another request from a different device to resume the gaming application;
querying for the bookmark; and
resuming the gaming application from the bookmark at the different device.
16. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations comprise resuming scoring from the bookmark.
17. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations comprise storing the bookmark in association with a player of the gaming application.
18. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations comprise storing the bookmark in association with a user of the device.
19. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations comprise storing the bookmark in association with an identifier of the device.
20. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations comprise receiving a selection in a graphical user interface to pause the gaming application.