Generation of a multi-part mini-game for cloud-gaming based on recorded gameplay

• US 9,364,743 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miura, Victor Octav Suba, Perry, David, Dias, Philippe, Yong, Kelvin
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Assistant Examiner(s): PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL
• Application Number:
  US13/831,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20140179427A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 463/42, 463/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/497 Partially or entirely replaying previous game actions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/88 Mini-games executed independently while main games are being loaded

Abstract

A method for generating a playable limited version of a video game is provided. A user'"'"'s gameplay of a full version of the video game is recorded. A plurality of user-defined portions of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay is determined. For each user-defined portion, boundaries within a gameplay context of the video game based on the user-defined portion, and a playable portion of the video game is generated based on the defined boundaries. Each of the playable portions of the video game is arranged in a series to define the limited version of the video game; wherein the method is executed by a processor.

Claims

1. A method for generating a playable minigame from a video game, comprising:

executing the video game by a cloud gaming system that includes at least one server computer, to generate video data for streaming over a network to a client device, the video data being rendered by the client device to a display for interactive gameplay by a user;

receiving, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input data generated from the interactive gameplay of the video game by the user, wherein the execution of the video game includes processing the user input data while generating the video data;

recording, by the cloud gaming system, a gameplay video of the user'"'"'s gameplay of the video game;

receiving, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input identifying a plurality of portions of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video;

for each portion, generating, by a game slice generator of the cloud gaming system, a playable game slice of the video game, the playable game slice being configured for interactive gameplay; and

arranging, by the cloud gaming system, each of the playable game slices of the video game in a user-defined order to define the minigame from the video game, the minigame being a game configured for interactive gameplay;

storing the minigame to a library associated with an account of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input identifying each portion of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video includes a user-defined start point and a user-defined end point within the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the playable game slice of the video game includes analyzing game state data to identify code elements, and assembling the code elements to define executable code defining the playable game slice of the video game.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on a spatial boundary within a virtual space of the video game.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the spatial boundary within the virtual space of the video game defines a portion of the virtual space less than an entirety of the virtual space, the portion of the virtual space having a subset of features of the virtual space.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on a temporal boundary within a temporal context of the video game.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

for each portion, determining user game state settings;

and

wherein generating the playable game slice of the video game includes defining the playable game slice of the video game to have initial game state settings based on the determined user game state settings.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on a start point or end point of one or more of a stage, level, or scene.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

recording a user-defined video;

wherein arranging the playable game slices of the video game includes arranging the user-defined video at a location within the user-defined order preceding or following one of the playable portions of the video game.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user-defined video includes video from at least one of the user-defined portions of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on one or more of geography, time, task accomplishment, goal accomplishment, a physical scene boundary, or a temporal scene boundary.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is configured to generate the user input data from user interactivity with the rendered video data detected through one or more peripheral devices.

13. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon for generating a playable minigame of a video game, the program instructions, when executed by at least one processor cause at least one computing device to:

execute the video game by a cloud gaming system that includes at least one server computer, to generate video data for streaming over a network to a client device, the video data being rendered by the client device to a display for interactive gameplay by a user;

receive, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input data generated from the interactive gameplay of the video game by the user, wherein the execution of the video game includes processing the user input data while generating the video data;

record, by the cloud gaming system, a gameplay video of the user'"'"'s gameplay of the video game;

receive, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input identifying a plurality of portions of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video.

14. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the user input identifying each portion of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video includes a user-defined start point and a user-defined end point within the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video.

15. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein generating the playable game slice of the video game includes analyzing game state data to identify code elements, and assembling the code elements to define executable code defining the playable game slice of the video game.

16. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising,

program instructions for, for each portion, determining user game state settings;

and

wherein generating the playable game slice of the video game includes defining the playable game slice of the video game to have initial game state settings based on the determined user game state settings.

17. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on one or more of geography, time, task accomplishment, goal accomplishment, a physical scene boundary, or a temporal scene boundary.

18. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the client device is configured to generate the user input data from user interactivity with the rendered video data detected through one or more peripheral devices.

19. A cloud gaming system comprising:

at least one server computing device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing logic for generating a playable limited version of a video game that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one server to at least;

execute the video game by the cloud gaming system by generating video data for streaming over a network to a client device, the video data being rendered by the client device to a display for interactive gameplay by a user;

receive, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input data generated from the interactive gameplay of the video game by the user, wherein the execution of the video game includes processing the user input data while generating the video data;

record, by the cloud gaming system, a gameplay video of the user'"'"'s gameplay of a full version of the video game;

receive, over the network by the cloud gaming system from the client device, user input identifying a plurality of portions of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video;

for each portion generating, by a game slice generator of the cloud gaming system, a playable game slice of the video game, the playable game slice being configured for interactive gameplay;

arrange, by the cloud gaming system, each of the playable game slices of the video game in a user-defined order to define the minigame from the video game, the minigame being a game configured for interactive gameplay;

store the minigame to a library associated with an account of the user.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user input identifying each portion of the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video includes a user-defined start point and a user-defined end point within the user'"'"'s recorded gameplay video.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein generating the playable portion of the video game includes analyzing game state data to identify code elements, and assembling the code elements to define executable code defining the playable portion of the video game.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein said logic further includes,

logic for, for each portion, determining user game state settings;

and

wherein generating the playable portion of the video game includes defining the playable game slice of the video game to have initial game state settings based on the determined user game state settings.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the playable game slice is defined based on one or more of geography, time, task accomplishment, goal accomplishment, a physical scene boundary, or a temporal scene boundary.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the client device is configured to generate the user input data from user interactivity with the rendered video data detected through one or more peripheral devices.