Method of providing player status and ability to join games
US8979647B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/636
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method is disclosed in a gaming and media system for quickly and efficiently showing all friends gaming at a given time, what they are playing, and for providing the ability to download and/or join their friend's game. Information relating to which friends are gaming online, what games they are playing and whether their games are joinable are consolidated onto a single GUI. That same GUI, referred to as a Friends Playing Now GUI, also provides the user with the ability to join games which are indicated to be joinable.
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