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Determining highlights in a game spectating system

  • US 10,363,488 B1
  • Filed: 06/29/2015
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • one or more computing devices configured to implement a game spectating service configured to stream a plurality of broadcasts received from a plurality of broadcaster devices to a plurality of spectator devices, wherein each broadcast includes video showing game play of a respective broadcaster participating as a player in a game executing on one of a plurality of game systems;

    one or more computing devices configured to implement a highlight service configured to;

    receive game event data from the plurality of game systems according to an application programming interface (API) to the highlight service, wherein the game event data received from a given game system indicates one or more notable events in a game executing on the respective game system as determined from the respective game event data, and wherein the game event data includes participant highlight tags that indicate one or more participant-specified notable events in the game;

    determine a plurality of highlight segments from the plurality of broadcasts, wherein one or more of the plurality of highlight segments are determined according to the received game event data and the participant highlight tags, wherein each highlight segment includes a portion of a respective broadcast showing a notable event from a respective game, and wherein the one or more highlight segments are determined based at least in part on a corresponding participant highlight tag and satisfying a spectator voting threshold; and

    provide access to at least some of the plurality of highlight segments for viewing by spectators via game spectating clients executing on the plurality of spectator devices.

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