METHOD OF CREATING VIDEO IN A VIRTUAL WORLD AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING AND USING SAME

• US 20080268961A1
• Filed: 04/30/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ken Mok, Michael Brook
• Original Assignee: Ken Mok, Michael Brook
• Inventors: Mok, Ken, Brook, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/112,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20080268961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• 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 13/497 Partially or entirely replaying previous game actions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5252 using two or more virtual cameras concurrently or sequentially, e.g. automatically switching between fixed virtual cameras when a character changes room or displaying a rear-mirror view in a car-driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/538 for performing operations on behalf of the game client, e.g. rendering
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/577 for watching a game played by other players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6669 using a plurality of virtual cameras concurrently or sequentially, e.g. automatically switching between fixed virtual cameras when a character change rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

A video of a virtual world is created utilizing stored gameplay data and game states. The gameplay data is used to re-create a given gameplay sequence in order to create video of the gameplay sequence. The gameplay sequence may be re-created using enhanced graphics to create new video files from any number of visual perspectives.

Claims

1. A method of capturing and transmitting video game sequences for custom editing and retransmitting of virtual worlds, comprising the steps of:

generating gameplay data by game software during the playing of a game;

sending said gameplay data to a datacasting API embedded in said game software;

logging said gameplay data by said datacasting API;

sending said logged gameplay data to data capture software;

converting said logged gameplay data in said data capture software into a state of variables in a reproducible format;

sending said state of variables to data rendering software;

converting said state of variables into replay game data;

sending said replay game data to replay game software;

reproducing gameplay of the game from said replay game software;

sending reproduced gameplay of the game to video rendering software; and

creating a plurality of video files by said video rendering software from said reproduced gameplay.

2. The method of claim 1 in which said plurality of video files are sent to a video distribution channel.

3. The method of claim 1 in which said plurality of video files are sent to video editing software and including the additional steps of:

editing said plurality of video files to create a plurality of edited video files; and

sending said plurality of edited video files to a video distribution channel.

4. A method of capturing and transmitting video game sequences for custom editing and retransmitting of virtual worlds, comprising the steps of:

generating gameplay data by game software during the playing of a game;

sending said gameplay data to a datacasting API;

logging said gameplay data by said datacasting API;

sending said logged gameplay data to data capture software;

converting said logged gameplay data in said data capture software into a state of variables in a reproducible format;

sending said state of variables to data rendering software;

converting said state of variables into replay game data;

sending said replay game data to replay game software;

reproducing gameplay of the game from said replay game software;

sending reproduced gameplay of the game to video rendering software; and

creating a plurality of video files by said video rendering software from said reproduced gameplay.

5. The method of claim 4 in which said plurality of video files are sent to a video distribution channel.

6. The method of claim 4 including the additional steps of:

sending said files to video editing software;

editing said plurality of video files to create a plurality of edited video files; and

sending said plurality of edited video files to a video distribution channel.