Methods and systems for facilitating participation in a game session
A method performed at an electronic device includes: executing an application; establishing a session between the executing application, a remote server associated with the application, and a media device that transmits output from the session to an output device, wherein the output from the session includes output from the executing application; and presenting to users of one or more second electronic devices on which the application is not executing and/or installed a session identifier associated with the session, wherein the session identifier identifies a controller configuration for enabling the users of the one or more second electronic devices to interact with the session.
1. A method, comprising:
establishing a game session between a game application executing on a first electronic client device and a server associated with the game application;
causing a virtual game controller configuration to be provided to a second electronic client device, the virtual game controller configuration comprising a virtual game controller for the second electronic client device based on available device resources of the second electronic client device; and
causing a session identifier associated with the game session to be provided to the second electronic client device, wherein the session identifier identifies the game session and the virtual game controller configuration implementable on the second electronic client device; and
wherein the virtual game controller configuration is configured to facilitate a user of the second electronic client device to interact with the game session.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game application is a multi-player game application that facilitates interaction between the first electronic client device and the second electronic client device by configuring a virtual game controller interface associated with the virtual game controller configuration.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the session identifier includes a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the game session.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the session identifier includes a barcode encoding the URL associated with the game session.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the session identifier is configured to be displayed at the second electronic client device in a prompt or a notification.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the session identifier to a media device in electronic communication with the first electronic client device, wherein the media device is configured to transmit the session identifier to an output device in electronic communication with the first electronic client device.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the session identifier to the second electronic client device in a short message service (SMS) message.
8. A first electronic client device, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing one or more instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the first electronic client device to:
establish a game session between a game application executing on the first electronic client device and a server associated with the game application;
cause a virtual game controller configuration to be provided to a second electronic client device, the virtual game controller configuration comprising a virtual game controller for the second electronic client device based on available device resources of the second electronic client device; and
cause a session identifier associated with the game session to be provided to the second electronic client device wherein the session identifier identifies the game session and the virtual game controller configuration implementable on the second electronic client device; and
wherein the virtual game controller configuration is configured to facilitate a user of the second electronic client device to interact with the game session.
9. The first electronic client device of claim 8 , wherein the game application is a multi-player game application that facilitates interaction between the first electronic client device and the second electronic client device by configuring a virtual game controller interface associated with the virtual game controller configuration.
10. The first electronic client device of claim 8 , wherein the session identifier includes a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the game session.
11. The first electronic client device of claim 10 , wherein the session identifier includes a barcode encoding the URL associated with the game session.
12. The first electronic client device of claim 8 , wherein the session identifier is configured to be displayed at the second electronic client device in a prompt or a notification.
13. The first electronic client device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the first electronic client device to transmit the session identifier to a media device in electronic communication with the first electronic client device, wherein the media device is configured to transmit the session identifier to an output device in electronic communication with the first electronic client device.
14. The first electronic client device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the first electronic client device to transmit the session identifier to the second electronic client device in a short message service (SMS) message.