Patent ID: 8262472

Claim:
A method of providing information relating to achievements within a game application program, the method comprising the steps of: (a) launching the game application program on a gaming and media system; (b) caching data relating to which achievements from the game application program have been accomplished, said step (b) of data caching performed prior to any display of achievements after launching the game in said step (a); (c) displaying on a single graphical screen of a display each achievement possible in the game application program; (d) receiving an indication of a particular achievement displayed on the graphical user interface in said step (a); and (e) displaying, on the single graphical screen of the display, at least one of: i. a description of the particular achievement indicated in said step (d); ii. the score associated with the particular achievement indicated in said step (d); and iii. the status of the particular achievement indicated in said step (d).