User-Powered Always Available Contextual Game Help
First Claim
1. A method of playing a video game on a computing device, comprising:
- encountering a challenge present in the game without succeeding thereat;
accessing a service access guide instantiated on the computing device, the guide being in communications with a game service and including a user interface to facilitate interaction with the service;
requesting contextual help from the service by way of the guide, the guide in response to the request gathering a current context of the game including the encountered challenge and calling to the service for such contextual help, the call including the gathered current context of the game, the service receiving the call from the guide including the gathered current context of the game and based thereon compiling a list of entries and returning the compiled list of entries to the guide, each entry in the list of entries having been authored by a player of the game and including information purportedly relevant to succeeding at the encountered challenge as represented by the received current context of the game;
receiving from the service by way of the guide the compiled list of entries;
reviewing the received list of entries to gather information regarding how to succeed at the encountered challenge; and
resuming playing the game and in doing so employing the gathered information in an effort to succeed at the challenge.
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Abstract
A player encounters a challenge present in a video game without succeeding thereat and requests contextual help from a service by way of a guide. The guide gathers a current context of the game including the encountered challenge and calls to the service with the gathered current context for such contextual help. The service compiles a list of entries based on the gathered current context and returns the compiled list of entries to the guide. Each entry in the list has been authored by a player of the game and includes information purportedly relevant to succeeding at the encountered challenge as represented by the current context. The player receives the compiled list of entries from the service by way of the guide, reviews same, and resumes playing the game and in doing so employs the gathered information in an effort to succeed at the challenge.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of playing a video game on a computing device, comprising:
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encountering a challenge present in the game without succeeding thereat; accessing a service access guide instantiated on the computing device, the guide being in communications with a game service and including a user interface to facilitate interaction with the service; requesting contextual help from the service by way of the guide, the guide in response to the request gathering a current context of the game including the encountered challenge and calling to the service for such contextual help, the call including the gathered current context of the game, the service receiving the call from the guide including the gathered current context of the game and based thereon compiling a list of entries and returning the compiled list of entries to the guide, each entry in the list of entries having been authored by a player of the game and including information purportedly relevant to succeeding at the encountered challenge as represented by the received current context of the game; receiving from the service by way of the guide the compiled list of entries; reviewing the received list of entries to gather information regarding how to succeed at the encountered challenge; and resuming playing the game and in doing so employing the gathered information in an effort to succeed at the challenge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a video game on a computing device for a player, wherein the player encounters a challenge present in the game without succeeding thereat, the method comprising:
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receiving from the player a request for contextual help from the service; gathering in response to the request a current context of the game including the encountered challenge; calling to the service for such contextual help, the call including the gathered current context of the game, the service receiving the call including the gathered current context of the game and based thereon compiling a list of entries and returning the compiled list of entries to the guide, each entry in the list of entries having been authored by a player of the game and including information purportedly relevant to succeeding at the encountered challenge as represented by the received current context of the game; receiving from the service the compiled list of entries; displaying the received list of entries to the player to allow such player to gather information regarding how to succeed at the encountered challenge; and allowing the player to resume playing the game and in doing so employing the gathered information in an effort to succeed at the challenge. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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