User interface for accessing games
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsGeorge Arriola, Carsten Schwesig, Brian Johnson, Michael Bauerly
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AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsGeorge Arriola, Carsten Schwesig, Brian Johnson, Michael Bauerly
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A system and method for employing a user interface to facilitate user access to games. The example method includes displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents a game, and wherein the band is scrollable in response to a specific user input; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile according to a time of use and/or a time of download of a game associated with each tile. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes illustrating, via the adjacent tiles, one or more games corresponding to one or game recommendations obtained in response to accessing a social network associated with a user of the user interface. Menu selections can allow access to recommendations; access to related games; access to games based on social network usage, and so on.
A method for accessing games, the method comprising the following acts performed by an electronic computing device present at a first physical location:
The method of 14, further including providing, via the second menu, a user option to display identifications of games that are similar to a selected game.
An apparatus comprising:
A processor-readable non-transitory storage device including instructions executable by a digital processor, the processor-readable non-transitory storage device including one or more instructions for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.