AI Game Coach System for Real-Time Player Guidance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Gamers often get stuck during gameplay and need to pause to research how to proceed, leading to interruptions in their gaming experience.

Innovation Solution

A real-time game coach or mentor system that provides oral answers to oral questions posed by gamers, using AI to offer game advice via audio during gameplay, determining hypothetical questions based on historical, application, and real-time data, and providing hints through various forms of information such as audio, visual, or text.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If gamers pause gameplay to research how to proceed, then they can find solutions to game challenges, but gameplay continuity is interrupted and gaming experience is degraded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegame knowledgeVSAvoidgameplay continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by proactively analyzing game state and providing hints before gamers need to pause and research. The AI coach monitors gameplay in real-time and delivers relevant information in advance, eliminating the need for players to stop and search for solutions independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The AI game coach acts as an intermediary between the game environment and the player. It translates complex game states into actionable hints and guidance, mediating the information flow so players receive processed, relevant knowledge without needing to conduct their own research.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If an AI game coach system is implemented to provide real-time hints, then gameplay smoothness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegameplay smoothnessVSAvoidsystem architecture
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The AI coach system performs self-service by autonomously monitoring game state, analyzing player needs, and generating appropriate hints without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by using its own capabilities to process game data and deliver guidance, reducing the operational burden on players.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The AI game coach is designed as a universal system that can handle multiple game scenarios and provide various types of assistance (hints, tips, strategic advice) through a single integrated platform. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems for different game aspects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11148049B2Data providing methods, data providing systems, and computer-readable media
Publication Date: 2021.10.19 RAZER ASIA PACIFIC
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AI summary

According to various embodiments, a data providing method may be provided. The data providing method may include: determining a hypothetical question of a user using an application program; determining an answer to the hypothetical question; and providing the answer in the form of a hint to the user.