Patent ID: 9545570
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a server, data from a plurality of user accounts, wherein each user account is associated with at least one of a plurality of client devices that operates a video game application, wherein the data indicates at least one of game play time of the video game application or completion of an achievement within the video game application; computing, by a processor of the server, for each achievement of a plurality of achievements of the video game application, a first metric that indicates a difficulty of the achievement based on a portion of the plurality of user accounts that have indicated that the achievement has been completed; computing, by the processor, a second metric that indicates an amount of in-game time for the achievement to be completed; computing, by the processor, a combined metric for the achievement of the video game application based upon the first metric and the second metric; and providing, by the server, a representation of the combined metric for the achievement to at least one of the plurality of client devices.