Game content interface in a spectating system

US10632372B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Patrick Gilmore · Craydon Court, US
• David Hendrik Verfaillie · Laguna Beach, US
• Hok Peng Leung · Redmond, US
• Ethan Zane Evans · Snoqualmie, US
• Michael Anthony Willette · Lake Forest, US
• Christopher Paul Dury · Bellevue, US
• Collin Charles Davis · Seattle, US
• Richard Bantegui · Irvine, US
• Francis Xavier Surjo-Subagio · Irvine, US
• Michael Anthony Frazzini · Seattle, US
• Michael Martin George · Mercer Island, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/5566
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A game spectating system that provides interfaces and methods for providing game content to viewers. The spectating system obtains game metadata from game systems for games being broadcast by the spectating system according to the API, and generates broadcast content based at least in part on the game metadata. The broadcast content includes user interface (UI) elements for obtaining virtual or physical objects corresponding to the game content. The broadcast content is provided to spectator devices with the broadcasts. The spectating system receives indications of spectators' interactions with the broadcast content from the spectator devices including interactions requesting the virtual or physical objects, and facilitates provisioning or delivery of the objects to respective spectator devices or spectators.