System and method for sharing score experiences

Abstract

A system for sharing score experiences includes one or more devices on which one or more games are played, a gameplay experience service arrangement, and a communication arrangement for communicatively coupling the devices to the gameplay experience service arrangement. The devices include computing hardware for executing one or more games software products for implementing the one or more games when executed upon the computing hardware. The devices are operable to record a gameplay experience (GEV) played thereupon including an associated score, wherein the devices are operable to upload their recorded gameplay experiences (GEV) and associated score to the gameplay experience service arrangement which maintains a score list corresponding to the uploaded gameplay experiences. The score list is accessible to the devices for identifying relative gameplay performances of users of the devices, for example via replaying of the recorded gameplay experiences (GEV).

1 . A system for sharing gameplay score experiences, comprising:
 a first game playing device, the first game playing device configured to execute a first computer game, record an execution of the first computer game and record an image or video of a user of the game playing device during execution of the first computer game, the recorded execution of the first computer game and image or video of the user during execution of the first computer game comprising a first gameplay experience;   at least a second game playing device, the second game playing device configured to execute a second computer game, record an execution of the second computer game and record an image or video of a user of the second game playing device during execution of the second computer game, the recorded execution of the second computer game and image or video of the user during execution of the second computer game comprising a second gameplay experience;   a gameplay experience service system;   a communication network for coupling the first game playing device and the second game playing device to the gameplay experience service system;   a recording device associated with the first game playing device configured to record a real-time data stream of the first gameplay experience, the first game playing device being configured to upload the recorded first gameplay experience and a score associated with the recorded first gameplay experience to the gameplay experience service system;   a recording device associated with the second game playing device configured to record a real-time data stream of the second gameplay experience, the second game playing device being configured to upload the recorded second gameplay experience and a score associated with the recorded second gameplay experience to the gameplay experience service system;   a memory in the gameplay experience service system configured to store the uploaded gameplay experiences and scores in a score list, wherein the scores in the score list are configured to be accessed by another game playing device and where accessing a score causes an associated gameplay experience to be presented.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the real-time data stream is a userface video, a game video, a microphone sound, a game sound, a game control, a game statistic, a user interface data, and a game event. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the score list includes activatable links configured to enable an uploaded gameplay experience associated with a particular score to be replayed. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein the activatable link is configured to enable the uploaded gameplay experience associated with the particular score to be downloaded to the other game playing device to be replayed. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the memory configured to store the score list is associated with an Internet web site, and the score list is accessible by the other game playing device using a browser of the other device. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , comprising a game software products stored in the game playing device, the game software product comprising host games software products into which one or more software components from a game experience software (GESW) API software library have been incorporated. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the game playing device comprises a wireless-enabled devices implemented by a smart phone, a laptop computer, a personal computer, a pad computer, or a tablet computer. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the game playing device comprises a video recording device configured to capture a real time video image of the user during execution of the computer game. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the game playing device is configured to record the execution of the computer game by recording snapshots of images presented on a screen of the game playing device during the execution of the computer game. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the game playing device comprises an editor configured to enable editing of the recorded gameplay experience prior to uploading the recording gameplay experience to the game play experience service system. 
     
     
         11 . A method of sharing gameplay score experiences, comprising:
 executing a first computer game on a first game playing device;   recording an execution of the first computer game and an image or video of a user of the first game playing device during execution of the first computer game on a recording device of the first game playing device, the recorded execution of the first computer game and image or video of the user during execution of the first computer game comprising a first gameplay experience;   uploading the recorded first gameplay experience and a score associated with the execution of the first computer game from the first game playing device to a gameplay experience service system;   storing the uploaded first gameplay experience in the gameplay experience service system;   creating a score list in the gameplay experience service system, wherein the score list is configured to be accessed by a second game playing device;   executing a second computer game on the second game playing device;   recording an execution of the second computer game and an image or video of a user of the second game playing device during execution of the second computer game on a recording device of the second game playing device, the recorded execution of the second computer game and image or video of the riser during execution of the second computer game comprising a second gameplay experience;   detecting a selection of score in the score list by the user of the second game playing device;   detecting a selection of a video stream associated with the score;   downloading the video stream to the second game playing device for replay on the second game playing device;   detecting a selection of content associated with the second gameplay experience   integrating the selected content associated with the second gameplay experience with the downloaded video stream of the first gameplay experience to create a composite video; and   storing the composite video of the first gameplay experience and the selected content of the second gameplay experience in the gameplay experience service system for selection and viewing.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising detecting, in the gameplay device, a high score of a user from one or more executions of the computer game, selecting a recording of the gameplay experience associated with the high score, and uploading the selected recording of the gameplay experience associated with the high score to the gameplay experience service system. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising downloading the recorded gameplay experience stored in the gameplay experience service system to a device of another user for replay. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising editing the recorded real-time data stream prior to uploading the recording gameplay experience to the gameplay experience service system by selectively marking portions of the recorded gameplay experience for uploading and wherein only the marked portions are uploaded. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising determining a highest score out of all high scores of all users and crediting an account of a user associated with the highest score with funds automatically debited from accounts of users with high scores lower than the highest score. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11  comprising determining a high score, accessing uploaded gameplay experience with the high score, and accessing more detailed gameplaying experience associated with the high score, including, game-related sensor data and user gesture data. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising comparing game events and game statistical data associated with each high score in the scoring list and comparing performance of a user associated with each high score with a performance of a social group. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising integrating a portion of a recorded gameplay experience of one user with a recorded portion of a gameplay experience of another user to create a composite video of a gameplay experience including the one user and the another user. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the uploaded game play experience corresponds to a data stream recording in real-time in the device, the data stream comprising a user face video, a game video, a microphone sound, a game control, a game statistic, a user interface data and game event data, the data stream being user editable prior to uploading to the gameplay experience server. 
     
     
         20 . A software product recorded on a non-transitory machine readable data storage media of a computing hardware, the software product, when executed by the computing hardware, being configured to carry out the method according to  claim 11 .