Game extensions in a gaming environment

• US 10,391,403 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yong, Stephen, Fahimuddin, Yehya, Bustin, Alexander J
• Primary Examiner(s): McClellan, James S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carter, Kevin M
• Application Number:
  US14/468,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20150133211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories

Abstract

Various aspects of a system and a method for providing one or more game extensions in a gaming environment are disclosed herein. The one or more game extensions that correspond to a selected game are dynamically determined. The game is selected based on a user input at a computing device. The one or more game extensions are transmitted to the computing device. Each of the one or more game extensions are associated with one or more pre-defined configurable actions that are triggered based on user interaction with a respective game extension.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a server communicatively coupled to a computing device; and

one or more processors in said server, wherein said one or more processors are configured to;

dynamically determine, from a library of game extensions in a gaming environment, at least one game extension corresponding to a game,

wherein said game is selected based on a first user input received at said computing device; and

transmit said at least one game extension to said computing device,

wherein each of said at least one game extension is associated with at least one configurable action,

wherein said at least one configurable action is triggered based on user interaction with said at least one game extension at said computing device,

wherein said computing device adds a newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension in said library for said dynamic determination of said at least one game extension, based on a usage of said HTML based game extension in said gaming environment,

wherein the newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension is configured based on a specific configurable action, and wherein said specific configurable action is based on at least one of a user profile, user gaming preferences, user friends, or user communities of a user.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein said at least one game extension comprises at least one of an application, an applet, a plug-in, an add-on, a video, an image, an animation, or a hyperlink to a web-page.

3. The system of claim 1,

wherein said one or more processors are further configured to receive said first user input indicating said selection of said game from said computing device,

wherein said first user input is inputted by said user at said computing device, and

wherein said computing device is a gaming console.

4. The system of claim 3,

wherein said at least one game extension is determined based on at least one of said user profile, a user gaming history, or said user gaming preferences.

5. The system of claim 1,

wherein said at least one game extension is displayed in a configurable area of an information panel associated with said user profile in said gaming environment,

wherein said configurable area comprises a menu of games,

wherein each game in said menu of games is associated with a detail section and a tile section, and

wherein the detail section and the tile selection are included in said configurable area based on said selection of said game.

6. The system of claim 5,

wherein said at least one game extension is displayed as at least one display tile in said tile section of said configurable area.

7. The system of claim 1,

wherein said at least one game extension corresponds to at least one of said library of said game extensions or configurable game extensions, and wherein said configurable game extensions comprises configurable HTML-based content.

8. The system of claim 1,

wherein said at least one game extension is compiled for display based on said selection of said game.

21. The system of claim 1,

wherein said HTML based game extension is developed in a development environment of said gaming environment.

9. A system, comprising:

a game server communicatively coupled to a computing device; and

one or more processors in said game server, wherein said one or more processors are configured to;

receive an authentication code, corresponding to each of at least one game extension of game extensions in a gaming environment, from said computing device;

transmit said received authentication code to an authentication server;

receive an access token from said authentication server based on said transmitted authentication code; and

transmit data, associated with a respective game extension of said at least one game extension, to said computing device to generate said at least one game extension,

wherein said computing device adds a newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension in a library of game extensions for dynamic determination of said at least one game extension, based on usage of said HTML based game extension in said gaming environment,

wherein the newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension is configured based on a specific configurable action, and wherein said specific configurable action is based on at least one of a user profile, user gaming preferences, user friends, or user communities of a user.

10. The system of claim 9,

wherein said one or more processors are further configured to retrieve said data from a game database based on said access token.

11. The system of claim 9,

wherein said one or more processors are further configured to receive said generated at least one game extension from said computing device in said gaming environment.

12. The system of claim 9,

wherein each of said generated at least one game extension is associated with at least one configurable action, and

wherein said at least one configurable action is triggered based on user interaction with said generated at least one game extension at said computing device.

13. A method, comprising:

dynamically determining, form a library of game extensions in a gaming environment, at least one game extension corresponding to a game,

wherein said game is selected based on a first user input at a computing device; and

transmitting said at least one game extension to said computing device,

wherein each of said at least one game extension is associated with at least one configurable action,

wherein said at least one configurable action is triggered based on user interaction with said at least one game extension at said computing device,

wherein said computing device adds a newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension in said library for said dynamic determination of said at least one game extension, based on a usage of said HTML based game extension in said gaming environment,

wherein the newly developed HyperText Markup Language (HTML) based game extension is configured based on a specific configurable action, and wherein said specific configurable action is based on at least one of a user profile, user gaming preferences, user friends, or user communities of a user.

14. The method of claim 13,

wherein said at least one game extension comprises at least one of an application, an applet, a plug-in, an add-on, a video, an image, an animation, or a hyperlink to a web-page.

15. The method of claim 13,

wherein said first user input indicating said selection of said game is received from said computing device,

wherein said first user input is inputted by said user at said computing device, and

wherein said computing device is a gaming console.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein said at least one game extension is determined based on at least one of said user profile, a user gaming history, or said user gaming preferences.

17. The method of claim 13,

wherein said at least one game extension is displayed in a configurable area of an information panel associated with said user profile in said gaming environment,

wherein said configurable area comprises a menu of games,

wherein each game in said menu of games is associated with a detail section and a tile section, and

wherein the detail section and the tile section are included in said configurable area based on said selection of said game.

18. The method of claim 17,

wherein said at least one game extension is displayed as at least one display tile in said tile section of said configurable area.

19. The method of claim 13,

wherein said at least one game extension corresponds to at least one of said library of said game extensions or configurable game extensions, and wherein said configurable game extensions comprises configurable HTML-based content.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising

compiling said at least one game extension based on said selection of said game.