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US 12,611,597 B2Granted
Live video game intervention
AssigneeSouth Park Digital Studios LLC
InventorsJordan Thomas, Jeff Lake, Michael Kelly, Kain Shin, Stephen Alexander
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Abstract
A system and method for establishing a gaming session via cloud services with a first device, receiving information at the first device to establish a connection with a second device, and receiving at the first device instructions from the second device via the connection, wherein the instructions control an aspect of the gaming session.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- initiating a gaming session by a first device;
- and
- establishing a connection between the first device and a second device to enable participation of the first and second devices in the gaming session without notifying a user of the first device,
- wherein the connection between the first and second devices is established by implementing a back door handshaking, initiated by the second device, between the first and second devices, and
- wherein the connection permits the second device to intervene in the gaming session by performing special actions unavailable to the first device.
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A method, comprising:
- initiating a gaming session by a first device;
- and
- establishing a connection between the first device and a second device to enable participation of the first and second devices in the gaming session without notifying a user of the first device, wherein the connection permits the second device to intervene in the gaming session by performing special actions unavailable to the first device;
- receiving a request from the first device for an alteration to capabilities of a player associated in the gaming session with the first device or for the addition to the gaming session of a feature;
- transmitting the request to the second device;
- and
- storing the request in a request log viewable by the second device, wherein the request is selected by the second device prior to intervening in the gaming session.
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A cloud services suite, comprising:
- one or more servers configured to perform operations comprising:
- hosting a gaming session;
- establishing a connection between a first device and a second device to enable participation of the first and second devices in the gaming session without notifying a user of the first device of the participation of the second device in the gaming session, wherein the connection between the first and second devices is established by implementing a back door handshaking, initiated by the second device, between the first and second devices;
- and
- permitting the second device to intervene in the gaming session by performing special actions impacting the play of the first device wherein the special actions are unavailable to the first device.
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A cloud services suite, comprising:
- one or more servers configured to perform operations comprising:
- hosting a gaming session;
- establishing a connection between a first device and a second device to enable participation of the first and second devices in the gaming session without notifying a user of the first device of the participation of the second device in the gaming session;
- permitting the second device to intervene in the gaming session by performing special actions impacting the play of the first device wherein the special actions are unavailable to the first device;
- receiving a request from the first device for an alteration to a feature of the gaming session;
- and
- transmitting the request to the second device, wherein the operations further comprise storing the request in a request log, wherein the request log is viewable by the second device and the request is selected by the second device prior to intervening in the gaming session.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.