AUTOMATED GENERATION OF GAME EVENT RECORDINGS

• US 20170106283A1
• Filed: 10/16/2015
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Rodi, Robert L., Malyuk, Michael William
• Application Number:
  US14/885,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/352 involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/49 Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/497 Partially or entirely replaying previous game actions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/554 by saving game or status data
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/634 for replaying partially or entirely the game actions since the beginning of the game

Abstract

Game data representing a game event generated during gameplay of a video game on a client computing device is received from the client computing device. The game data is provided as input to a machine-learning analyzer to determine whether the game event is an event of interest. The machine-learning analyzer is previously-trained using previously-recorded game events deemed popular based on community feedback. The machine-learning analyzer determines that the game event is an event of interest based on the game event having characteristics that match characteristics of the previously-recorded game events deemed popular. A command to generate a recording of the game event is issued in response to the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest.

Claims

1. On a service computing system, a method for recording a game event, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client computing device, game data representing a game event generated during gameplay of a video game on the client computing device;

providing the game data as input to a machine-learning analyzer to determine whether the game event is an event of interest, the machine-learning analyzer previously-trained using previously-recorded game events deemed popular based on community feedback, the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest based on the game event having characteristics that match characteristics of the previously-recorded game events deemed popular; and

issuing a command to generate a recording of the game event in response to the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-learning analyzer is previously trained using previously-recorded game events deemed not popular based on community feedback.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a previously-recorded game event is deemed popular in response to the previously-recorded game event exceeding a community popularity threshold.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the community popularity threshold includes a threshold number of times a recording of the previously-recorded game event is viewed by community members.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the community popularity threshold includes a threshold number of affirmations of a recording of the previously-recorded game event by community members.

6. The method of claims 3, wherein the community popularity threshold includes a threshold number of recommendations of a recording of the previously-recorded game event by community members.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the recording of the game event for community feedback; and

re-training the machine-learning analyzer using the game event in response to the recording of the game event being deemed popular based on community feedback.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending, to the client computing device, a command to provide a reward in response to the recording of the game event being determined to be an event of interest.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving biometric data of a game player of the video game, the biometric data captured during generation of the game event during gameplay of the video game; and

providing the biometric data as input to the machine-learning analyzer to determine whether the game event is an event of interest, the machine-learning analyzer previously-trained using biometric data of game players during generation of previously-recorded game events, the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest based on the game player having biometric characteristics that match biometric characteristics of game players during generation of the previously-recorded game events.

10. A service computing system, comprising:

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

receive, from a client computing device, game data representing a game event generated during gameplay of a video game on the client computing device, the game event visually presented from a first perspective during gameplay of the video game on the client computing device;

provide the game data as input to a machine-learning analyzer to determine whether the game event is an event of interest; and

generate a recording of the game event based on the game data in response to the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest, the recording of the game event having a second perspective different than the first perspective.

11. The service computing system of claim 10, wherein the machine-learning analyzer is previously-trained using previously-recorded game events deemed popular based on community feedback, and wherein the machine-learning analyzer is configured to determine that the game event is an event of interest based on the game event having characteristics that match characteristics of the previously-recorded game events deemed popular.

12. The service computing system of claim 11, wherein a previously-recorded game event is deemed popular in response to the previously-recorded game event exceeding a community popularity threshold.

13. The service computing system of claim 11, wherein the storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

present the recording of the game event for community feedback;

re-train the machine-learning analyzer using the recording of the game event in response to the recording of the game event being deemed popular based on community feedback.

14. The service computing system of claim 13, wherein the storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

send, to the client computing device, a command to provide a reward in response to the recording of the game event being determined to be an event of interest.

15. The service computing system of claim 10, wherein the first perspective is a first person perspective of a virtual environment, and wherein the second perspective is a third-person perspective of the virtual environment.

16. The service computing system of claim 10, wherein the first perspective is a first virtual camera angle of a virtual environment, and wherein the second perspective is a second camera angle of the virtual environment different than the first camera angle.

17. The service computing system of claim 10, wherein the first perspective follows a virtual avatar of a game player throughout a virtual environment, and wherein the second perspective follows an object of interest throughout the virtual environment.

18. On a service computing system, a method for recording a game event, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client computing device, game data representing a game event generated during gameplay of a video game on the client computing device, the game event visually presented from a first perspective during gameplay of the video game on the client computing device;

providing the game data as input to a machine-learning analyzer to determine whether the game event is an event of interest, the machine-learning analyzer previously-trained using previously-recorded game events deemed popular based on community feedback, the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest based on the game event having characteristics that match characteristics of the previously-recorded game events deemed popular; and

generating a recording of the game event based on the game data in response to the machine-learning analyzer determining that the game event is an event of interest, the recording of the game event having a second perspective different than the first perspective.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

presenting the recording of the game event for community feedback; and

re-training the machine-learning analyzer using the recording of the game event in response to the recording of the game event being deemed popular based on community feedback.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

sending, to the client computing device, a command to provide a reward in response to the recording of the game event being determined to be an event of interest.