Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games

• US 10,639,548 B1
• Filed: 08/05/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
• Inventors: Bansi, Charnjit, Cunningham, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Seng H
• Application Number:
  US16/532,175
• Time in Patent Office: 274 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/355 Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/61 using advertising information
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/86 Watching games played by other players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat

Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform; effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform; obtain second view information that includes a second graphical user interface; and effectuate a second presentation of the first user playing the game to a second user.

Claims

1. A system configured for facilitating streaming interfaces for games, the system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform, wherein the first view information includes a first graphical user interface, wherein the first graphical user interface includes a first set of graphical user interface elements, wherein the first set of graphical user interface elements include a first element positioned in a first position on the first graphical user interface and a second element positioned in a second position on the first graphical user interface, wherein the first position is different from the second position;

effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform, wherein the first presentation includes at least the first element and the second element of the first graphical user interface such that the first element and the second element are presented to the first user;

obtain, from the first client computing platform, captured video signals that depict the first user as the first user is playing the game;

receive user input from the first client computing platform by the first user, wherein the user input reflects entry and/or selection of customizations of a second set of graphical user interface elements for a second graphical user interface, wherein the customizations include a first customization that modifies the first position of the first element in the second graphical user interface, and a second customization to remove the second element in the second graphical user interface;

obtain second view information that includes the second graphical user interface that is based on the first graphical user interface, wherein the second graphical user interface includes the second set of graphical user interface elements, wherein, compared to the first graphical user interface, the second set of graphical user interface elements;

(i) includes the first element customized by the first customization to be in a modified position,

(ii) excludes the second element in accordance with the second customization, and

(iii) adds a third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the third element is based on the captured video signals, wherein the third element is not included in the first graphical user interface; and

effectuate a second presentation of the second graphical user interface including the third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the second presentation is presented via a second client computing platform to a stream-watching user such that the first element is presented to the stream-watching user in the modified position compared to the first graphical user interface, and further such that the second element is removed from the second presentation, and further such that the third element is presented in the second graphical user interface to the stream-watching user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first view information includes determining, by a server, the first view information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first view information includes receiving, by the first client computing platform, the first view information from a server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first element positioned in the first position on the first graphical user interface does not overlap the second element positioned in the second position on the first graphical user interface.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first presentation depicts the game from a perspective of the first user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the third element included in the second set of graphical user interface elements includes captured video signals that depict the first user playing the game.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:

execute the instance of the game, such execution of the instance of the game including receiving and executing commands, wherein the commands are received from the users through the client computing platforms associated with the users, wherein execution of the commands facilitates interactions between the users via the game, wherein the users include the first user, and wherein the client computing platforms include the first client computing platform associated with the first user.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:

obtain visual information from a particular streaming channel, wherein the particular streaming channel is associated with the first user;

wherein an arrangement of the second set of graphical user interface elements is based on an analysis of the visual information.

9. A method for facilitating streaming interfaces for games, the method comprising:

obtaining first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform, wherein the first view information includes a first graphical user interface, wherein the first graphical user interface includes a first set of graphical user interface elements, wherein the first set of graphical user interface elements include a first element positioned in a first position on the first graphical user interface and a second element positioned in a second position on the first graphical user interface, wherein the first position is different from the second position;

effectuating a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform, wherein the first presentation includes at least the first element and the second element of the first graphical user interface such that the first element and the second element are presented to the first user;

obtaining, from the first client computing platform, captured video signals that depict the first user as the first user is playing the game;

receiving user input from the first client computing platform by the first user, wherein the user input reflects entry and/or selection of customizations of a second set of graphical user interface elements for a second graphical user interface, wherein the customizations include a first customization that modifies the first position of the first element in the second graphical user interface, and a second customization to remove the second element in the second graphical user interface;

obtaining second view information that includes the second graphical user interface that is based on the first graphical user interface, wherein the second graphical user interface includes the second set of graphical user interface elements, wherein, compared to the first graphical user interface, the second set of graphical user interface elements;

(i) includes the first element customized by the first customization to be in a modified position,

(ii) excludes the second element in accordance with the second customization, and

(iii) adds a third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the third element is based on the captured video signals, wherein the third element is not included in the first graphical user interface; and

effectuating a second presentation of the second graphical user interface including the third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the second presentation is presented via a second client computing platform to a stream-watching user such that the first element is presented to the stream-watching user in the modified position compared to the first graphical user interface, and further such that the second element is removed from the second presentation, and further such that the third element is presented in the second graphical user interface to the stream-watching user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein obtaining the first view information includes determining, by a server, the first view information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein obtaining the first view information includes receiving, by the first client computing platform, the first view information from a server.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first element positioned in the first position on the first graphical user interface does not overlap the second element positioned in the second position on the first graphical user interface.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first presentation depicts the game from a perspective of the first user.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the third element included in the second set of graphical user interface elements includes captured video signals that depict the first user playing the game.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

executing the instance of the game, such execution of the instance of the game including receiving and executing commands, wherein the commands are received from the users through the client computing platforms associated with the users, wherein execution of the commands facilitates interactions between the users via the game, wherein the users include the first user, and wherein the client computing platforms include the first client computing platform associated with the first user.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining visual information from a particular streaming channel, wherein the particular streaming channel is associated with the first user;

wherein an arrangement of the second set of graphical user interface elements is based on an analysis of the visual information.

17. A system configured for facilitating streaming interfaces for games, the system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform, wherein the first view information includes a first graphical user interface, wherein the first graphical user interface includes a first set of graphical user interface elements, wherein the first set of graphical user interface elements include a first element positioned in a first position on the first graphical user interface and a second element positioned in a second position on the first graphical user interface, wherein the first position is different from the second position;

effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform, wherein the first presentation includes at least the first element and the second element of the first graphical user interface such that the first element and the second element are presented to the first user;

obtain, from the first client computing platform, captured video signals that depict the first user as the first user is playing the game;

receive user input from the first client computing platform, wherein the user input reflects entry and/or selection of

(i) a first set customizations of a second set of graphical user interface elements for a second graphical user interface, wherein the customizations include a first customization that modifies the first position of the first element in the second graphical user interface, and a second customization to remove the second element in the second graphical user interface, and

(ii) a second set of customizations of the second set of graphical user interface elements for a third graphical user interface, wherein the second set of customizations are different from the first set of customizations;

obtain second view information that includes the second graphical user interface that is based on the first graphical user interface, wherein the second graphical user interface includes the second set of graphical user interface elements, wherein, compared to the first graphical user interface, the second set of graphical user interface elements;

(i) includes the first element customized by the first customization to be in a modified position,

(ii) excludes the second element in accordance with the second customization, and

(iii) adds a third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the third element is based on the captured video signals, wherein the third element is not included in the first graphical user interface;

obtain third view information that includes the third graphical user interface that is based on the first graphical user interface, wherein the third graphical user interface includes the second set of graphical user interface elements as modified by the second set of customizations;

effectuate a second presentation of the second graphical user interface including the third element that depicts the first user playing the game, wherein the second presentation is presented via a second client computing platform to a first stream-watching user such that the first element is presented to the first stream-watching user in the modified position compared to the first graphical user interface, and further such that the second element is removed from the second presentation, and further such that the third element is presented in the second graphical user interface to the first stream-watching user; and

at the same time as the second presentation, effectuate a third presentation of the third graphical user interface, wherein the third presentation is presenting via a third client computing platform to a second stream-watching user such that the second graphical user interface is different from the third graphical user interface by virtue of differences between the first set of customizations and the second set of customizations.