US 11,986,738 B2
System and method for making free-to-play and activity suggestions
Shunsuke Kunieda, San Francisco, CA (US); Yumiko Tanaka, San Mateo, CA (US); and Daisuke Kawamura, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/317,241.
Application 17/317,241 is a continuation of application No. 16/359,837, filed on Mar. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,000,769, issued on May 11, 2021.
Application 16/359,837 is a continuation of application No. 15/453,773, filed on Mar. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,265,626, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0260490 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/33 (2014.01); A63F 13/60 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/85 (2014.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9536 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06N 5/02 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01)
CPC A63F 13/795 (2014.09) [A63F 13/33 (2014.09); A63F 13/60 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/85 (2014.09); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9536 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method for making in-media activity recommendations, the method comprising:
predicting a time period having a duration when a user is available to engage with media content based on information from one or more online accounts of the user;
identifying one or more multi-user activities to fill the duration of the predicted availability, the identified multi-user activities associated with one or more media content titles;
identifying one or more peers for at least one of the multi-user activities based on progress of the user within an associated media content title and historical data indicating engagement by the identified peers with the media content title associated with the at least one multi-user activity;
generating one or more activity recommendations including an activity recommendation recommending that the user engage in the at least one multi-user activity with at least one of the peers at the predicted time period, wherein the at least one peer is selected for the at least one multi-user activity based on an affinity between the at least one peer and the user in relation to the associated media content title and overlapping availability at the predicted time period; and
providing a display of the activity recommendations to a user device of the user, the display further including at least one other different activity recommendation regarding a different multi-user activity associated with a different peer for the predicted time period.