Cloud Game Startup from Video Playback with Progress Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

The startup process of cloud games is complicated and inefficient, often requiring users to manually determine and load the corresponding game application, leading to inaccuracies and a suboptimal user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for application startup that allows users to start cloud games directly from a video playback interface by receiving a startup operation during game video playback, ensuring the game content matches the video content at the time of operation, thereby simplifying the startup process and maintaining game progress coherence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually determine and load the corresponding game application from the posting platform, then the cloud game can be started, but the startup process becomes complicated and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecloud game startup processVSAvoidstartup time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-loads the game application in the background when the user views the game video, so that when the user triggers the startup operation, the game is already ready to launch immediately without requiring manual determination or loading steps

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The posting platform acts as an intermediary that not only displays game videos but also automatically manages the game application loading process, linking the video playback state with the game startup state to enable one-click launching

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users determine the cloud game corresponding to the video, then the game can be loaded, but users may fail to accurately determine the correct game

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame identification accuracyVSAvoidstartup process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides visual feedback by displaying the game video that corresponds to the loaded game application, allowing users to verify the correct game is being loaded before startup, thereby eliminating identification errors

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the video playback interface with the game startup function, so that the same interface used to view game videos also serves as the control point for launching the corresponding game, simplifying the process and ensuring accuracy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If the game application is started from the beginning, then the game can be played, but the game progress does not match the video content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame playback efficiencyVSAvoidgame progress coherence

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the traditional mechanical approach of starting games from the beginning with an automated system that tracks video playback position and automatically restores the corresponding game state, using data synchronization rather than manual progression

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12409383B2Application startup and archiving

Publication Date: 2025.09.09 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

AI summary

A method for starting an application is provided. In the method, a video that includes game content of a game application is played back. A startup operation to start the game application is received from a user during the playback of the video. The game application is started in response to the startup operation. Further, the game content of the started game application that is determined to match the game content of the video when the startup operation is received from the user is displayed. The game content of the started game application is determined based on when the startup operation is received from the user during the playback of the video.