Sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9345966-B2
Application number	US-201313839382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Mar 13, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A method for sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph is provided. Video of a user's gameplay is recorded during an active state of a gameplay session. A command is received to initiate a sharing operation during the active state of the gameplay session. In response to receiving the command, a paused state of the gameplay session is entered and a sharing interface is presented. Input received via the sharing interface is processed to determine a user-defined selection of the recorded video. The user-defined selection of the recorded video is shared to a social graph of the user, and the active state of the gameplay session is resumed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph, comprising:
recording video of a user's gameplay during an active state of a gameplay session that is defined by a computing device, wherein recording video of the user's gameplay includes storing the video to a buffer defined in a storage device during the active state of the gameplay session;
receiving a command to initiate a sharing operation during the active state of the gameplay session, wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from an input device;
in response to receiving the command, entering a paused state of the gameplay session and presenting a sharing interface;
processing input received via the sharing interface to determine a user-defined selection of the recorded video;
sharing the user-defined selection of the recorded video to a social graph of the user;
resuming the active state of the gameplay session;
wherein the method is executed by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the sharing interface includes retrieving and presenting one or more portions of the video from the buffer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sharing interface includes a duration selector for defining a duration of the user-defined selection.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the selection includes uploading the selection for availability on a social network service that defines the social graph of the user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein uploading the selection includes compressing the selection and uploading the compressed selection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the selection includes generating a notification to a member of the social graph of the user.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the notification is defined by one or more of a private message, a chat message, an in-game notification, a post to a social news feed, an e-mail.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the selection includes presenting the selection on a profile page of the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input device is a controller device, and wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from a button press on the controller device.

10. A method for sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph, comprising:
recording video of a user's gameplay during an active state of a gameplay session that is defined by a computing device, wherein recording video of the user's gameplay includes storing the video to a buffer defined in a storage device during the active state of the gameplay session;
receiving a command to initiate a sharing operation during the active state of the gameplay session, wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from an input device;
in response to receiving the command, determining a user-defined selection of the recorded video;
sharing the user-defined selection of the recorded video to a social graph of the user;
wherein the method is executed by a processor.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the user-defined selection of the recorded video includes retrieving and presenting the video from the buffer, and processing user input identifying a portion of the video.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein sharing the selection includes uploading the selection for availability on a social network service that defines the social graph of the user.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the input device is a controller device, and wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from a button press on the controller device.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions defined thereon for sharing recorded gameplay to a social graph, the program instructions including:
program instructions for recording video of a user's gameplay during an active state of a gameplay session that is defined by a computing device, wherein recording video of the user's gameplay includes storing the video to a buffer defined in a storage device during the active state of the gameplay session;
program instructions for receiving a command to initiate a sharing operation during the active state of the gameplay session, wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from an input device;
program instructions for, in response to receiving the command, determining a user-defined selection of the recorded video;
program instructions for sharing the user-defined selection of the recorded video to a social graph of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein determining the user-defined selection of the recorded video includes retrieving and presenting the video from the buffer, and processing user input identifying a portion of the video.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein sharing the selection includes uploading the selection for availability on a social network service that defines the social graph of the user.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the input device is a controller device, and wherein receiving the command to initiate the sharing operation is defined from a button press on the controller device.

Assignees

• Sony Comp Entertainment Us
• Sony Interactive Entertainment America Llc

Inventors

• Miura Victor Octav Suba
• Perry David
• Dias Philippe
• Yong Kelvin
• Gary Nathan

Classifications

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• A63F13/497

  Partially or entirely replaying previous game actions · CPC title

• A63F13/795

  for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list · CPC title

• A63F13/47

  involving branching, e.g. choosing one of several possible scenarios at a given point in time · CPC title

• H04N21/4781

  Games · CPC title