Gaming Platform Interface Web Explorer for Content Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud gaming platforms lack an intuitive mechanism for users to explore related Internet content, such as web pages, videos, or social network feeds, directly from the gaming interface, making it difficult for users to discover additional content related to their games.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows users to select a game title icon within a gaming platform interface, generate a search query based on the game, and receive preview images of related Internet content items, which are then rendered alongside the game title icon, enabling seamless navigation to these content items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access cloud gaming platforms to play video games, then they can access a variety of games through the gaming interface, but they cannot easily explore related Internet content (web pages, videos, social network feeds) from the gaming interface
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the gaming interface with web browsing functionality by integrating a web browser within the gaming platform interface. This allows users to access both video games and Internet content through a single unified interface, eliminating the need to switch between separate applications and thereby improving ease of operation while enhancing content exploration capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming platform interface is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a game launcher and a web browsing environment. The interface can display game icons for selection and simultaneously function as a browser window for accessing Internet content, making the system universal and adaptable to different user needs without increasing operational complexity.
2Loss of information
If users manually search for Internet content related to games, then they can find relevant content, but the process requires leaving the gaming interface and using separate search tools
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component that automatically generates search queries based on selected game icons. When a user selects a game icon within the gaming interface, the system automatically creates and executes a search query for related Internet content, eliminating the need for users to manually leave the interface and preserving context continuity while reducing content discovery time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating search queries associated with game icons. When a user selects a game icon, the corresponding search query is already prepared and can be executed immediately, reducing the time required for content discovery and maintaining seamless context within the gaming interface.
3Ease of operation
If the gaming interface displays only game icons, then the interface remains simple and focused, but users lack direct access to related Internet content without additional navigation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds another dimension to the gaming interface by integrating web browsing capability within the existing game icon display environment. The interface maintains its simple visual structure of game icons but adds the functional dimension of web access, allowing users to explore Internet content related to selected games without complicating the visual layout or increasing operational steps.
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AI summary
A method is provided, including the following method operations: rendering, by a client device, game title icons in a gaming platform interface to a display device, the game title icons identifying video games that are accessible through the gaming platform interface using the client device; receiving, by the client device, user selection data indicating selection of a game title icon and identifying a corresponding video game for exploration of related Internet content; generating a search query based on the identified video game, transmitting the search query over the network to a search engine, and receiving results of the search query over the network from the search engine, the results identifying Internet content items related to the video game; generating preview images of at least some of the Internet content items; rendering the preview images in association with the identified video game via the gaming platform interface.