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Granted Patent B2
US 11,406,907 · App. 16/836,148 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Player feedback to increase spectatorship in a video game

Inventors: Katrine Chow (San Mateo, CA); Saket Kumar (San Mateo, CA); Steven Osman (San Francisco, CA); Yuichiro Nakamura (San Mateo, CA); Xavier Menendez-Pidal (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/86A63F13/335A63F13/79A63F2300/5546A63F2300/577
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,406,907
App. No.
16/836,148
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is provided, including the following operations: analyzing gameplay data and spectator data from previous sessions of a video game, wherein the analyzing is configured to correlate a spectator preference to a gameplay condition of the video game; using the correlated spectator preference to generate an in-game recommendation for the gameplay condition; identifying the gameplay condition occurring in a current session of the video game; responsive to identifying the gameplay condition occurring in the current session, then presenting the in-game recommendations to a player of the current session of the video game.

Claims (22)

1. A method, comprising:

analyzing gameplay data and spectator data from previous sessions of a video game, wherein the spectator data is generated from spectator interactivity with gameplay video of the previous sessions that is streamed over a network to enable the spectator interactivity, wherein the analyzing is configured to correlate a spectator preference to a gameplay condition of the video game;

using the correlated spectator preference to generate an in-game recommendation for the gameplay condition;

identifying the gameplay condition occurring in a current session of the video game, wherein said identifying includes analyzing game state data as said game state data is continually generated by the current session of the video game;

responsive to identifying the gameplay condition occurring in the current session, then presenting the in-game recommendation to a player of the current session of the video game, wherein presenting the in-game recommendation includes display of a message in a player view that is rendered for the player of the current session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein correlating the spectator preference to the gameplay condition is configured to identify a player activity that increases or maximizes a number of spectators during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, and wherein the in-game recommendation is configured to recommend to the player of the current session to perform the player activity that increases or maximizes the number of spectators during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, so as to increase a likelihood of increasing spectators for the player or the current session.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein correlating the spectator preference to the gameplay condition is configured to identify a player activity that increases or maximizes spectator engagement during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, and wherein the in-game recommendation is configured to recommend to the player of the current session to perform the player activity that increases or maximizes spectator engagement during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, so as to increase a likelihood of increasing spectator engagement for the player or the current session.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein spectator engagement is defined from one or more of comments, likes, shares, subscribes, spending, sponsorships.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gameplay condition of the video game is defined by one or more of a time of day, a location in a virtual environment of the video game, a level or stage of the video game.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gameplay data includes one or more of gameplay event data, player inputs, player location data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spectator data includes one or more of numbers of spectators, comments, spectator profile data.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause said at least one computing device to perform a method comprising the following method operations:

analyzing gameplay data and spectator data from previous sessions of a video game, wherein the spectator data is generated from spectator interactivity with gameplay video of the previous sessions that is streamed over a network to enable the spectator interactivity, wherein the analyzing is configured to correlate a spectator preference to a gameplay condition of the video game;

using the correlated spectator preference to generate an in-game recommendation for the gameplay condition;

identifying the gameplay condition occurring in a current session of the video game, wherein said identifying includes analyzing game state data as said game state data is continually generated by the current session of the video game;

responsive to identifying the gameplay condition occurring in the current session, then presenting the in-game recommendation to a player of the current session of the video game, wherein presenting the in-game recommendation includes display of a message in a player view that is rendered for the player of the current session.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein correlating the spectator preference to the gameplay condition is configured to identify a player activity that increases or maximizes a number of spectators during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, and wherein the in-game recommendation is configured to recommend to the player of the current session to perform the player activity that increases or maximizes the number of spectators during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, so as to increase a likelihood of increasing spectators for the player or the current session.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein correlating the spectator preference to the gameplay condition is configured to identify a player activity that increases or maximizes spectator engagement during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, and wherein the in-game recommendation is configured to recommend to the player of the current session to perform the player activity that increases or maximizes spectator engagement during the gameplay condition in the previous sessions, so as to increase a likelihood of increasing spectator engagement for the player or the current session.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein spectator engagement is defined from one or more of comments, likes, shares, subscribes, spending, sponsorships.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the gameplay condition of the video game is defined by one or more of a time of day, a location in a virtual environment of the video game, a level or stage of the video game.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the gameplay data includes one or more of gameplay event data, player inputs, player location data.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the spectator data includes one or more of numbers of spectators, comments, spectator profile data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2022
From: CHOW, KATRINE; KUMAR, SAKET; OSMAN, STEVEN; NAKAMURA, YUICHIRO; MENENDEZ-PIDAL, XAVIER
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 060353/0299 →
Continuity (1)
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