Patent ID: 8485905

Claim:
A multimedia device for contributing data to an online gamer database, the device comprising: a display device; a local memory device; a front panel input output subassembly including a power button configured to power the multimedia device on; a wireless adapter configured to provide wireless access to a network; a network interface for communicating via the wireless adapter and the network with a remote service, the remote service executed on a remote server and configured to track achievements earned in execution of the game application; and a processing unit configured to: execute a game application by a gamer and present a graphical user interface of the game application on the display device, when the multimedia device is offline and disconnected from the remove service; collect information of an achievement earned during offline execution of the game application on the multimedia device when the multimedia device is offline and disconnected from the remote service; store a record of the achievement in the local memory device of the multimedia device; and after the game application is reconnected to the remote service via the wireless adapter and network, upload the record of the achievement to a remote server executing the remote service in a profile associated with a gamer; wherein, the profile includes a plurality of achievements earned during execution of at least two different game applications associated with the remote service.