Real-Time, Contextual Display of Ranked, User-Generated Game Play Advice
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1. A method for managing user-generated game play advice, the method comprising:
- receiving new game play advice from a user;
displaying the new game play advice to a community of users, the new game play advice displayed in a default ranking position and in conjunction with previously received game play advice, the game play advice displayed in a manner that is appropriate with respect to a present context of game play;
receiving feedback associated with the quality of the new game play advice or the previously received game play advice, the feedback received from the community of users;
ranking the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice based on the feedback received from the community of users; and
displaying the new game play device in conjunction with the previously received game play advice, the new game play advice and previously received game play device displayed in accordance with the ranking of the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice, wherein the new game play advice is no longer displayed in the default ranking position and the new game play advice is displayed in a manner that is appropriate with respect to a present context of game play.
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Abstract
Management of user-generated and context appropriate game play advice is disclosed. The present invention allows for management of context appropriate game play advice that is complete and up-to-date regardless of when a particular interactive gaming title is released. Game play advice is pervasive and easily accessible to game players in addition to being accurate and credible such that game players can trust or rely upon the rendered advice. The game play advice is displayed in environmental contexts that are appropriate to the advice being displayed.
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1. A method for managing user-generated game play advice, the method comprising:
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receiving new game play advice from a user; displaying the new game play advice to a community of users, the new game play advice displayed in a default ranking position and in conjunction with previously received game play advice, the game play advice displayed in a manner that is appropriate with respect to a present context of game play; receiving feedback associated with the quality of the new game play advice or the previously received game play advice, the feedback received from the community of users; ranking the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice based on the feedback received from the community of users; and displaying the new game play device in conjunction with the previously received game play advice, the new game play advice and previously received game play device displayed in accordance with the ranking of the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice, wherein the new game play advice is no longer displayed in the default ranking position and the new game play advice is displayed in a manner that is appropriate with respect to a present context of game play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for managing user-generated game play advice, the system comprising:
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a game play advice submission engine for receiving game play advice submissions over a network; a ranking engine configured to allocate a ranking to the game play advice submissions received over the network; a context engine configured to identify a context of an event during game play, wherein the context of the event corresponds to one or more game play advice submissions received over the network; a game play advice display engine configured to display the one or more game play advice submissions corresponding to the context of the event identified by the context engine, wherein display of the one or more game play advice submissions occurs during the game play event and in accordance with the ranking allocated by the ranking engine; and a feedback engine configured to receive feedback from a community of users with respect to the quality of the game play advice displayed by the game play advice display engine, wherein the feedback engine and the ranking engine operate to allocate a new ranking to the game play advice in accordance with the feedback received from the community of users, the game play advice being subsequently displayed by the game play advice display engine in accordance with the new ranking. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for displaying user-generated game play advice, the method comprising:
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receiving new game play advice from a first user, the first user having previously received feedback from a community of users, the feedback including information related to context appropriateness of the advice with respect to game play; ranking the new game play advice against previously received game play advice, the previously received game play advice having been submitted by at least a second user, the at least a second user having previously received feedback from the community of users, the feedback including information related to context appropriateness of the advice with respect to game play, wherein the ranking of the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice is based on the user feedback received from the community of users; and displaying the new game play device in conjunction with the previously received game play advice, the new game play advice and previously received game play device displayed in accordance with the ranking of the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for managing user-generated game play advice, the method comprising:
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receiving new game play advice from a user; displaying the new game play advice to a community of users, the new game play advice displayed in a default ranking position and in conjunction with previously received game play advice, the new game play advice display in a game environment context appropriate to the advice; ranking the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice, the previously received game play advice having been submitted by at least a second user, the at least a second user having previously received feedback from the community of users, wherein the ranking of the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice is based on the user feedback received from the community of users, the feedback including information related to the context appropriateness of the new game play advice; and receiving feedback associated with the quality of the new game play advice or the previously received game play advice, the feedback received from the community of users, the feedback including information related to the context appropriateness of the new game play advice; assigning a first weighting value to the user feedback and a second weighting value to the feedback associated with the quality of the game play advice; ranking the new game play advice against the previously received game play advice based on the feedback received from the community of users and the feedback associated with the quality of the game play advice, wherein the ranking occurs in accordance with the first weighting value and the second weighting value; and displaying the new game play device in conjunction with the previously received game play advice, the new game play advice and previously received game play device displayed in accordance with the ranking of the new game play advice and the previously received game play advice, wherein the new game play advice is no longer displayed in the default ranking position, the new game play advice display in a game environment contextually appropriate the new game play advice.
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