Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (20240399258). PEER HIGHLIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
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PEER HIGHLIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
Organization Name
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor(s)
Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan of London (GB)
Andrew William Walker of London (GB)
PEER HIGHLIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240399258 titled 'PEER HIGHLIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
a peer highlight generation apparatus comprises receiving circuitry configured to receive peer profile data associated with a user, wherein the peer profile data identifies one or more peer gaming profiles that are respectively associated with one or more peers, wherein each peer has participated with the user in one or more video game sessions; first generating circuitry configured to generate one or more candidate highlights of a given peer, wherein each candidate highlight comprises image data of one of the one or more video game sessions in which the user and the given peer participated together, wherein at least a part of each candidate highlight comprises image data of an in-game avatar of the given peer; selecting circuitry configured to select a highlight from among the one or more generated candidate highlights; and rendering circuitry configured to render, for display, a list of one or more of the peer gaming profiles, wherein the list comprises the peer gaming profile of the given peer, wherein the rendering circuitry is configured to render the list in dependence upon at least part of the received peer profile data; wherein the rendering circuitry is configured to render, for display, the selected highlight as part of an entry of the list that comprises the peer gaming profile of the given peer.
