Patent ID: 8856268
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. In a system including a console for running a gaming application, the console having a connection to a console service, and the console having a browser application for accessing a gaming application on a gaming website, a computer implemented method of allowing sharing of game data between the console service and the gaming website, comprising the steps of: (a) storing data in a data repository, the data including authentication data, a friends list and accumulated gaming rewards; (b) sharing the data in the data repository with a server of the console service; (c) sharing the data in the data repository with a server of the gaming, the server of the gaming website being different than the server for the console service; and (d) sending a message from a first user on the console gaming platform to a second user on the gaming website, the message comprising an invite to the second user on the gaming website to join the same game session as the first user on the console gaming platform.