AUTOMATIC PLAYER INFORMATION GENERATION FOR INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

• US 20100173712A1
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Buhr, Brian D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,157,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/795 for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5566 by matching opponents or finding partners to build a team, e.g. by skill level, geographical area, background, play style

Abstract

Automatic player profile generation may be implemented for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network. Information relating to game activity may be collected for the one or more players during one or more game sessions with the server device. One or more player statistics relevant to the game activity may be calculated for each of the one or more players during the game session based on the information relating to game activity with the server device. A player profile may be generated for each of the one or more players with the server. Each player profile may include the one or more player statistics for a corresponding one of the one or more players.

Claims

1. A method for automatic player profile generation for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network, the method comprising:

a) collecting information relating to game activity for the one or more players during one or more game sessions with the server device;

b) calculating one or more player statistics relevant to the game activity for each of the one or more players during the game session based on the information relating to game activity with the server device; and

c) generating a player profile for each of the one or more players with the server, wherein each player profile includes the one or more player statistics for a corresponding one of the one or more players.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information corresponding to the player profile in a computer readable storage medium.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a particular style of game play with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the player profile includes a style identifier related to the particular style of game play.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

accessing the player profile for a given one of the one or more players with the server and presenting that player profile to a client device of a different one of the one or more players in response to a request from that client device for information relating to the given one of the one or more players.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating selected player biographical information with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the player biographical information includes a favorite game mode, a play style or one or more career highlights.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the online game is one wherein one or more of the one or more players can design a game level, and wherein a) includes monitoring the generation of one or more levels by one or more players.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein b) includes calculating a popularity of a game level designed by a particular one of the one or more players.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request from a client device for the given player to join a subsequent game session and, with the server, automatically matching the given player with a team of one or more other players based on a player profile associated with the player and player profiles associated with the one or more other players.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the given players profile includes a style identifier related to a particular style of game play determined from one or more statistics in the given players profile and each of the one or more other players profiles includes style identifiers related to particular styles of game play determined from one or more statistics in the one or more other players profiles.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein matching the given player with the team of one or more other players includes balancing the particular style of play associated with the given player and the particular styles of play associated with the one or more other players.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein a) includes collecting game play information from one or more of the one or more client devices.

14. A system for automatic player profile generation for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and configured for execution on the processor, wherein the instructions are configured, when executed, to cause the server to implement a method for automatic player profile generation for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network, the method comprising;

a) collecting information relating to game activity for the one or more players during one or more game sessions with the server device;

b) calculating one or more player statistics relevant to the game activity for each of the one or more players during the game session based on the information relating to game activity with the server device; and

c) generating a player profile for each of the one or more players with the server, wherein each player profile includes the one or more player statistics for a corresponding one of the one or more players.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied therein, wherein the computer program instructions are configured, when executed, to cause a server to implement a method for automatic player profile generation for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network, the method comprising:

a) collecting information relating to game activity for the one or more players during one or more game sessions with the server device;

b) calculating one or more player statistics relevant to the game activity for each of the one or more players during the game session based on the information relating to game activity with the server device; and

c) generating a player profile for each of the one or more players with the server, wherein each player profile includes the one or more player statistics for a corresponding one of the one or more players.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises storing information corresponding to the player profile in a computer readable storage medium.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

associating a particular style of game play with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the player profile includes a style identifier related to the particular style of game play.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

accessing the player profile for a given one of the one or more players with the server and presenting that player profile to a client device of a different one of the one or more players in response to a request from that client device for information relating to the given one of the one or more players.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises associating selected player biographical information with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.

21. A system for automatic player profile generation for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network, the method comprising:

a) means for collecting information relating to game activity for the one or more players during one or more game sessions with the server device;

b) means for calculating one or more player statistics relevant to the game activity for each of the one or more players during the game session based on the information relating to game activity with the server device; and

c) means for generating a player profile for each of the one or more players with the server, wherein each player profile includes the one or more player statistics for a corresponding one of the one or more players.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for storing information corresponding to the player profile in a computer readable storage medium.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for associating a particular style of game play with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the player profile includes a style identifier related to the particular style of game play.

25. The system of claim 23, further comprising means for accessing the player profile for a given one of the one or more players with the server and presenting that player profile to a client device of a different one of the one or more players in response to a request from that client device for information relating to the given one of the one or more players.

26. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for associating selected player biographical information with each player profile based on the one or more player statistics for each of the one of the one or more players.