Patent ID: 7837561

Claim:
In a gaming console having a processor unit and associated memory, a method of providing a unique player identity, said method comprising: receiving a credential associated with a profile for a user; validating the credential; executing a videogame while the gaming console is offline, executing including executing a play of the videogame on the gaming console by the user; determining that an achievement associated with the videogame has been earned during the play of the videogame by the user; caching offline user activity including the achievement earned by the user, the offline user activity occurring during the play of the videogame by the user; and transmitting, when the gaming console is online subsequent to the play of the videogame by the user, a signal indicative of the achievement earned by the user to a service provider configured to publish the profile for the user in an interactive guide accessible to remote user devices, the service provider being configured to update the profile for the user with the achievement earned by the user to reflect the offline user activity, and wherein the profile for the user includes a username, videogame statistics accumulated while playing videogames, information indicative of affiliations of the user, and videogame achievements earned while playing videogames.