US 12,070,696 B2
Replayable activities for interactive content titles
Christopher Thielbar, San Francisco, CA (US); Adil Sherwani, San Mateo, CA (US); Derek Parker, San Mateo, CA (US); and Matt Bloom-Carlin, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,875.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,528, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143516 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/497 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/86 (2014.09) [A63F 13/497 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 2300/6018 (2013.01); A63F 2300/634 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of creating replayable activities for interactive content titles, the computer-implemented method comprising:
storing, in memory of an object server, one or more first object files recorded by an object recorder during play of an interactive content title, each of the one or more first object files associated with an activity of the interactive content title;
receiving input selecting one or more settings from an associated user account, the selected settings applicable to customizing the activity of the interactive content title and specifying one or more loadouts;
querying the object server for a set of data associated with the one or more settings selected by the associated user account, the set of data being queried from among a plurality of files recorded regarding the interactive content title;
creating a custom replayable activity of the interactive content title that is defined by the set of data received based on the selected settings, wherein the custom replayable activity includes the one or more loadouts specified by the selected settings, and wherein the custom replayable activity is made available for play by one or more other user accounts;
presenting one of the other user accounts with one or more loadout options in accordance with the selected settings, wherein the loadout options include an option to obtain one of the loadouts if the other user account does not have the loadout; and
loading one of the loadouts for play of the custom replayable activity by the other user account, wherein a same or different loadout is loaded for play of the custom replayable activity in accordance with the settings selected by the associated user account and one or more loadout options selected by the other user account.