US 12,594,500 B2 · Content modification system and method

Abstract

A content modification system operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the time available to a user of a processing device, the system comprising an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more devices indicative of an expected duration of a function being performed by a respective device, an available time determination unit operable to determine, in dependence upon received inputs, an amount of time available to a user before the completion of the function of respective ones of the one or more devices, a content modification unit operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the determined amount of time, and a processing device operable to present the modified video game content to the user via a display associated with the processing device.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processing device comprising:
an input receiver configured to receive an input from a device of one or more devices, wherein the input is indicative of an expected duration of a current function being performed by the device;
and
one or more processors configured to:
provide a content via a display associated with the processing device:
receive the input while providing the content:
determine, upon the input, an amount of time before the completion of the current function of the device;
modify the content upon the determined amount of time;
and
present the modified content via the display.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/171,751Filed 21 Feb 2023

Priority

GB 22029453 Mar 2022

Published

US 2023/0285862 A114 Sep 2023

Granted

7 Apr 2026

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A63F 13/493
Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game: resuming a game, e.g. after pausing, malfunction or power failure
A63F 13/65
Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or…:…
A63F 13/217
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using environment-related information, i.e. information generated otherwise than by the player,…
A63F 13/44
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: involving timing of…

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