US 12,102,924 B2
Online tournament integration
Christopher Thielbar, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,672.
Application 18/130,672 is a continuation of application No. 17/207,679, filed on Mar. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,617,961, issued on Apr. 4, 2023.
Application 17/207,679 is a continuation of application No. 15/908,569, filed on Feb. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,953,335, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233947 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/86 (2014.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/795 (2014.09) [A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying tournament streams, the method comprising:
storing information in memory regarding an online tournament that includes a plurality of matches, wherein the information includes one or more predefined achievements each associated with a set of one or more parameters;
receiving tournament customization input specifying one or more in-game actions that increase or decrease rankings, the tournament customization input received over a communication network from a tournament organizer device;
generating a display that includes links to a plurality of streams associated with the matches of the online tournament, wherein the display is provided to one or more spectator devices over the communication network;
monitoring real-time gameplay metrics associated with the matches, wherein the real-time gameplay metrics are monitored to identify the predefined achievements and the specified in-game actions;
identifying that a set of the real-time gameplay metrics associated with one of the matches meets a set of parameters associated with one of the predefined achievements;
determining one or more rankings based on the predefined achievements and the specified in-game actions identified for the matches; and
updating the generated display to include one or more visual designations of the identified achievement and the determined rankings associated with the matches, wherein each of the visual designations is associated with a corresponding link to a corresponding stream of a corresponding match.