System for providing access to game progress data
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a game using a game submission interface of a game distribution platform, the game comprising executable code;
storing the game on a server system of the game distribution platform;
in response to receiving the game, generating a loader file for the game, wherein the loader file is specific to the game, does not include the executable code of the game, and is smaller in size than the game; and
publishing the loader file to each of a plurality of game portal sites that are separate from the game distribution platform, each game portal site configured to make the loader file available for download to user devices;
wherein the loader file, when executed by a gaming device that downloads the loader file, causes the gaming device to retrieve the game from the server system of the game distribution platform and to report game progress data for the game to, and retrieve the game progress data for the game from, the server system of the game distribution platform.
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Abstract
A game distribution platform includes a game submission interface through which a developer can submit a game. In some embodiments, when a developer submits a game using a game submission interface, the game distribution platform generates a loader for the game. The loader, when downloaded by a gaming device of a user, enables the gaming device to load the game from the platform, and to access player profiles that include game progress data. The loader may be distributed via one or more game portals.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a game using a game submission interface of a game distribution platform, the game comprising executable code; storing the game on a server system of the game distribution platform; in response to receiving the game, generating a loader file for the game, wherein the loader file is specific to the game, does not include the executable code of the game, and is smaller in size than the game; and publishing the loader file to each of a plurality of game portal sites that are separate from the game distribution platform, each game portal site configured to make the loader file available for download to user devices; wherein the loader file, when executed by a gaming device that downloads the loader file, causes the gaming device to retrieve the game from the server system of the game distribution platform and to report game progress data for the game to, and retrieve the game progress data for the game from, the server system of the game distribution platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 15)
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6. A system comprising one or more physical servers, the system configured to implement at least:
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a game submission interface capable of receiving a submission of a game that comprises executable game code; and a file generator configured to generate a file that is specific to the game in response to submission of the game, the file comprising executable code that is executable by a gaming device that downloads the file to cause the gaming device to download a set of one or more game files for the game from the system and to cause the gaming device to report game progress data to, and retrieve game progress data from, the system, wherein the file does not include the executable game code and is smaller in size than the game; wherein the system is programmed to publish the file to each of a plurality of game portal sites that are separate from the system, to thereby make the file available for download by gaming devices from each of the plurality of game portal sites. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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