VIDEO GAME INSTANT REPLAY
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1. An instant replay method for video games, the method comprising:
- on a computer gaming device configured to play a plurality of different video games, overseeing a currently playing video game of the plurality of different video games with a platform-level instant replay companion that executes separately from any of the plurality of different video games;
with the platform-level instant replay companion, automatically and continuously recording a most recently played portion of rendered gameplay from the currently playing video game; and
with the platform-level instant replay companion, displaying a recorded gameplay segment from the most recently played portion of rendered gameplay while a game state of the currently playing video game is displayed.
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Abstract
Various embodiments relating to providing video game instant replays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a currently playing video game is overseen by a platform-level instant replay companion that executes separately from any of a plurality of different video games. A most recently played portion of rendered gameplay from the currently playing video game is automatically and continuously recorded with the platform-level instant replay companion. A recorded gameplay segment from the most recently played portion of rendered gameplay is displayed with the platform-level instant replay companion.
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1. An instant replay method for video games, the method comprising:
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on a computer gaming device configured to play a plurality of different video games, overseeing a currently playing video game of the plurality of different video games with a platform-level instant replay companion that executes separately from any of the plurality of different video games; with the platform-level instant replay companion, automatically and continuously recording a most recently played portion of rendered gameplay from the currently playing video game; and with the platform-level instant replay companion, displaying a recorded gameplay segment from the most recently played portion of rendered gameplay while a game state of the currently playing video game is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An instant replay method for video games, the method comprising:
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on a computer gaming device configured to play a plurality of different video games, overseeing a currently playing video game of the plurality of different video games with a platform-level instant replay companion that executes separately from any of the plurality of different video games; with the platform-level instant replay companion, automatically and continuously recording a most recently played portion of rendered gameplay from the currently playing video game into a ring buffer of a random access memory device; and with the platform-level instant replay companion, displaying from the ring buffer of the random access memory device a recorded gameplay segment from the most recently played portion of rendered gameplay. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A storage machine holding instructions executable by a logic machine to instantiate a platform-level instant replay companion that executes separately from any of a plurality of different video games, the platform-level instant replay companion configured to:
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oversee a currently playing video game of the plurality of different video games; automatically and continuously record into a ring buffer of a random access memory device a most recently played portion of rendered gameplay from the currently playing video game; and display from the ring buffer of the random access memory device a recorded gameplay segment from the most recently played portion of rendered gameplay while a game state of the currently playing video game is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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