Systems and methods for providing system level notifications in a multimedia console
a multimedia console and system level technology, applied in the field of providing system level notifications to users of computing systems, can solve the problems of becoming increasingly cumbersome and time-consuming for game developers to address, and not in a streamline and efficient way
Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-14
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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The invention is about systems and methods for notifying users of a multimedia console about important information while they are using the console. This involves managing the receipt and display of notifications for multiple users simultaneously. The technical effect of this invention is to improve the user experience by providing quick and relevant information to users while they are using the multimedia console.
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With the increasing user notifications becoming available in multiplayer environments, this is becoming increasingly cumbersome and time consuming for game developers to address.
Also, when multiple gamers are playing on one console, there currently is not a streamline and efficient way to notify the correct gamer for which the notification is intended and then provide an easy and quick way for the particular gamer to respond.
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[0025] Referring first to FIG. 1, shown is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary multimedia console, in which aspects of the invention may be implemented. FIG. 1 shows the functional components of a multimedia console 100 in which aspects of the invention may be implemented. The multimedia console 100 has a central processing unit (CPU) 101 having a level 1 (L1) cache 102, a level 2 (L2) cache 104, and a flash ROM (Read-only Memory) 106. The level 1 cache 102 and level 2 cache 104 temporarily store data and hence reduce the number of memory access cycles, thereby improving processing speed and throughput. The flash ROM 106 may store executable code that is loaded during an initial phase of a boot process when the multimedia console 100 is powered. Alternatively, the executable code that is loaded during the initial boot phase may be stored in a FLASH memory device (not shown). Further, ROM 106 may be located separate from CPU 101.
[0026] A graphics processing unit (GPU) 108 and ...
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A system for providing system level notifications in a multimedia console has a notification system application native to the multimedia console which subscribes to all notification events generated by the application manager of the multimedia console. Through an application programming interface (API), a game developer can easily specify the location of user notifications and also delay the display of user notifications for the developer's game. A user is notified that a particular notification is intended for him or her in a multi-player environment by a visual indication corresponding to that user's controller. The user may then press a button on the controller to be immediately directed to further information regarding the notification.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention generally relates to the field of providing notifications to users of a computing system. In particular, the invention is directed to providing notifications to multiple users of a multimedia console. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Multimedia consoles, such as video game consoles, often have multiple simultaneous users that may receive messages and notifications from a variety of sources. For example, if a video game player (gamer) is playing a computer game on his or her video game console connected to a network in which other gamers may participate in the game being played on the console, notifications may arrive indicating other gamers may wish to join. Traditionally the management of these notifications is handled by the particular game running on the console at the time. When developing games to support these notifications for multiplayer games, game developers must handle the receipt and display of the notifications within the g...
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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCA63F13/10A63F13/12A63F2300/407A63F2300/50A63F2300/572A63F2300/6018A63F13/45A63F13/30G06F3/00G06F9/00A63F13/537A63F13/87A63F13/63
Inventor MALABUYO, PAOLO V.ARTHUR, ERIK JOHNGLASER, RUSSELLGUNN, STEVEN RYANMACAULEY, JAMES DAVID
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC