US 11,455,231 B2Granted

Testing as a service for cloud gaming

AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

InventorsJustin Beltran, Kyle Cannon, Nathan Gross, Dylan Butler

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Abstract

Technology is described for Testing as a Service (TaaS) for a video game. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for receiving a game application for testing for one or more bugs. The method further provides for executing, by an automated game testing module, a plurality of automated sessions of the game session while implementing testing inputs for the plurality of automated sessions, the testing inputs include control inputs, game states, system parameters and network parameters. The method further includes operations for detecting an occurrence of a bug during the said executing the plurality of sessions for generating a snapshot file including a portion of the control inputs, the game state data, and a video component associated with the occurrence of the bug.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A method for performing testing as a service (TaaS), comprising:

receiving, at a server from a client, a game application for testing for one or more bugs;
executing, by an automated game testing module, a first plurality of automated sessions of the game application while implementing respective testing inputs for the first plurality of automated sessions, the respective testing inputs include control inputs, game state data, system parameters, and network parameters;
detecting, by a bug reporter, an occurrence of a bug during said executing the plurality of automated game sessions;
generating a snapshot file including a portion of the control inputs, the game state data, and a video component associated with the occurrence of the bug;
processing, using a machine learning module, the snapshot file to generate a plurality of machine-learned control inputs that are in addition to the portion of the control inputs for reproducing the bug;
executing, using the automated game testing module, a second plurality of automated sessions while inputting the machine-learned control inputs to produce respective game state data, and respective video components, wherein the respective machine-learned control inputs, the respective game state data, and the respective video components are recorded in respective machine-generated snapshot files;
and
processing, using the machine learning module, the machine-generated snapshot files to identify bug-implementation conditions that are usable to identify additional control inputs that are causative of the bug, wherein the bug-implementation conditions are configured to be delivered to the client.

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Computer readable media having program instructions for performing testing as a service (TaaS), comprising:

program instructions for receiving, at a server from a client, a game application for testing for one or more bugs;
program instructions for executing, by an automated game testing module, a first plurality of automated sessions of the game application while implementing respective testing inputs for the first plurality of automated sessions, the respective testing inputs include control inputs, game state data, system parameters, and network parameters;
program instructions for detecting, by a bug reporter, an occurrence of a bug during said executing the plurality of automated game sessions;
and
program instructions for generating a snapshot file including a portion of the control inputs, the game state data, and a video component associated with the occurrence of the bug;
program instructions for processing, using a machine learning module, the snapshot file to generate a plurality of machine-learned control inputs that are in addition to the portion of control inputs for reproducing the bug;
program instructions for executing, using the automated game testing module, a second plurality of automated sessions while inputting the machine-learned control inputs to produce respective game state data, and respective video components, wherein the respective machine-learned control inputs, the respective game state data, and the respective video components are recorded in respective machine-generated snapshot files;
and
program instructions for processing, using the machine learning module, the machine-generated snapshot files to identify bug-implementation conditions that are usable to identify additional control inputs that are causative of the bug, wherein the bug-implementation conditions are configured to be delivered to the client.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/028,972Filed 22 Sep 2020 · division
Priority: 21 Nov 2018
Published: US 2021/0004317 A17 Jan 2021
Granted: 27 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A63F 13/355
Details of game servers: performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game…
G06F 11/3636
Debugging of software: by tracing the execution of the program
A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
A63F 13/60
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: generating or modifying game content before or…

Family

Application16/198,682Parent of this division · filed 21 Nov 2018
US 10,783,057 B2Parent of this division · filed 22 Sep 2020
US 2021/0004317 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Jan 2021
US 2020/0159644 A1Published application
US 11,455,231 B2This patent

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