IP Library Granted Patent US 12,296,273
Granted Patent B2
US 12,296,273 · App. 17/758,889 · Granted May 13, 2025

Method and apparatus for game team formation, and electronic device and storage medium

Inventors: Jiefu Wu (Zhejiang, CN); Zhijian Chen (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
A63F13/795A63F13/355A63F13/44A63F13/798
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Patent No.
US 12,296,273
App. No.
17/758,889
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for game teaming in live streaming, and an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to the technical field of computers. The method comprises: receiving a game teaming request, the game teaming request comprising user information of multiple game participants, the multiple game participants comprising a live streaming anchor user and at least one live streaming viewer user, the live streaming viewer user satisfying a specified live streaming teaming condition (S 210 ); sending the game teaming request to a gaming platform (S 220 ); and displaying a game teaming instruction returned by the gaming platform, so that the multiple game participants enter the gaming platform according to the game teaming instruction (S 230 ).

Claims (48)

1. A method for forming a game team in a live streaming, comprising:

receiving, by a live streaming platform, a game teaming request, wherein the game teaming request comprises user information of a plurality of game participants, the plurality of game participants comprise a live streaming anchor user and at least one live streaming viewer user, and the live streaming viewer user meets a first condition;

sending, by the live streaming platform, the game teaming request to a gaming platform;

determining, by the gaming platform, that the plurality of game participants meet a second condition based on the game teaming request, and automatically adding, by the gaming platform, the plurality of game participants as friends in the gaming platform, wherein the second condition comprises all of the plurality of game participants have game character information relating to a same game; and after the plurality of game participants are added as friends, the plurality of game participants form a game team directly in response to a request from one of the plurality of game participants to form the game team again; and

receiving, by the live streaming platform, a game teaming instruction returned by the gaming platform, and displaying the game teaming instruction to enable the plurality of game participants to enter the gaming platform according to the game teaming instruction;

wherein the game teaming request is sent by the live streaming anchor user to the live streaming platform after determining that the live streaming viewer user meets the first condition.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user information of the plurality of game participants, wherein the user information of the plurality of game participants comprises the game character information of the plurality of game participants; and

in response to that the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, sending the game teaming instruction to the live streaming platform.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the user information of each of the plurality of game participants comprises the game character information of said game participant;

wherein the determining, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user information of the plurality of game participants comprises:

determining, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the game character information of each of the plurality of game participants.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the user information of each of the plurality of game participants further comprises a user level of said game participant;

wherein the determining, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user information of the plurality of game participants further comprises:

determining, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user level of each of the plurality of game participants.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second condition further comprises: the user levels of all of the plurality of game participants are higher than a same level.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the live streaming platform, game result information from the gaming platform; and

allocating, by the live streaming platform, virtual resources in the live streaming platform to the plurality of game participants, according to the game result information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein enabling the plurality of game participants to enter the gaming platform according to the game teaming instruction comprises:

enabling each of the plurality of game participants to open a game client within a preset countdown period.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: the live streaming viewer user follows the live streaming anchor user on the live streaming platform, and the live streaming viewer user presents a gift to the live streaming anchor user on the live streaming platform.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein, when the electronic device is configured in a live streaming platform, the processor is configured to:

receive a game teaming request, wherein the game teaming request comprises user information of a plurality of game participants, the plurality of game participants comprise a live streaming anchor user and at least one live streaming viewer user, and the live streaming viewer user meets a first condition;

send the game teaming request to a gaming platform, wherein when the electronic device is configured in the gaming platform, the processor is configured to: determine that the plurality of game participants meet a second condition based on the game teaming request, and automatically add the plurality of game participants as friends in the gaming platform, wherein the second condition at least comprises all of the plurality of game participants have game character information relating to a same game; and after the plurality of game participants are added as friends, the plurality of game participants form a game team directly in response to a request from one of the plurality of game participants to form the game team again; and

receive a game teaming instruction returned by the gaming platform, and display the game teaming instruction to enable the plurality of game participants to enter the gaming platform according to the game teaming instruction;

wherein the game teaming request is sent by the live streaming anchor user to the live streaming platform after determining that the live streaming viewer user meets the first condition.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein when the electronic device is configured in the gaming platform, the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user information of the plurality of game participants, wherein the user information of the plurality of game participants comprises the game character information of the plurality of game participants; and

in response to that the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, send the game teaming instruction to the live streaming platform.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the user information of each of the plurality of game participants comprises the game character information of said game participant;

wherein when the electronic device is configured in the gaming platform, the processor is configured to determine whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the game character information of each of the plurality of game participants.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the user information of each of the plurality of game participants further comprises a user level of said game participant;

wherein when the electronic device is configured in the gaming platform, the processor is configured to determine, by the gaming platform, whether the plurality of game participants meet the second condition, according to the user level of each of the plurality of game participants.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: the live streaming viewer user follows the live streaming anchor user on the live streaming platform, and the live streaming viewer user presents a gift to the live streaming anchor user on the live streaming platform.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein when the electronic device is configured in the live streaming platform, the processor is configured to enable each of the plurality of game participants to open a game client within a preset countdown period.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein when the electronic device is configured in the live streaming platform, the processor is further configured to:

obtain game result information from the gaming platform; and

allocate virtual resources in the live streaming platform to the plurality of game participants, according to the game result information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the processor implements a method for forming a game team in a live streaming,

wherein the method for forming the game team in the live streaming comprises:

receiving a game teaming request, wherein the game teaming request comprises user information of a plurality of game participants, the plurality of game participants comprise a live streaming anchor user and at least one live streaming viewer user, and the live streaming viewer user meets a first condition;

sending the game teaming request to a gaming platform, wherein the gaming platform is configured to: determine that the plurality of game participants meet a second condition based on the game teaming request, and automatically add the plurality of game participants as friends in the gaming platform, wherein the second condition at least comprises all of the plurality of game participants have game character information relating to a same game; and after the plurality of game participants are added as friends, the plurality of game participants form a game team directly in response to a request from one of the plurality of game participants to form the game team again; and

receiving a game teaming instruction returned by the gaming platform, and displaying the game teaming instruction to enable the plurality of game participants to enter the gaming platform according to the game teaming instruction;

wherein the game teaming request is sent by the live streaming anchor user to the live streaming platform after determining that the live streaming viewer user meets the first condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: WU, JIEFU; CHEN, ZHIJIAN
To: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 060513/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010042900.8 · Jan 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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