US 11,857,875 B2
System and method for capturing and sharing console gaming data
Nathan Gary, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,091.
Application 16/889,091 is a continuation of application No. 15/703,395, filed on Sep. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,668,377, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 15/703,395 is a continuation of application No. 13/418,703, filed on Mar. 13, 2012, granted, now 10,525,347, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2020/0289931 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. A63F 13/497 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/335 (2014.01); A63F 13/61 (2014.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/497 (2014.09) [A63F 13/335 (2014.09); A63F 13/61 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/554 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5506 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5546 (2013.01); A63F 2300/577 (2013.01); A63F 2300/634 (2013.01); G06V 20/49 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for embedding links into stored gameplay, the method comprising:
retrieving stored gameplay and gameplay metadata associated with the stored gameplay;
generating a link based on the gameplay metadata;
embedding the link into the retrieved gameplay to create link-embedded gameplay;
tracking one or more events associated with the link in the link-embedded gameplay; and
providing an award to a user associated with the stored gameplay based on a number of times the user shared the link-embedded gameplay, the link in the link-embedded gameplay, or a combination thereof.