Patent ID: 8834277
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing execution and sharing of mini-games over a game cloud system, comprising: receiving a request from a first user to access an account managed by the game cloud system; presenting a user interface to the first user to view and access a plurality of games to be played and executed by the game cloud system; enabling play of a first game and generating a recorded video of the game play by the first user; receiving selection from the first user to define a portion of the recorded video, the selection causing the game cloud system to generate a mini-game, the mini-game includes the portion of the recorded video and an executable portion for the mini-game; receiving a request from the first user to post the mini-game to a website to enable other users to view the portion of the recorded video and play the executable portion of the mini-game, the request includes a challenge comment that is to be posted along with the mini-game; posting the mini-game along with the challenge comment at the website; storing one or more game plays of the mini-game as mini-game play videos, the mini-game play videos associated to the post of the mini-game along with any comments made by the other users that played the mini-game, wherein the method is executed by a processor.