Enhanced Console Gaming Data Capture and Sharing System

Publication ID: 24-11857875_0001_PTD
Published: October 28, 2025
Category:Direct Improvements & Enhancements

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Enhanced Console Gaming Data Capture and Sharing System,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857875_0001_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857875_0001_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,875.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

The inventive concept presents a comprehensive system for capturing and sharing console gaming data, offering real-time analytics, lossless compression, automatic highlight reel generation, customizable gameplay summaries, and secure data transmission.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent disclosed a system for capturing and sharing console gaming data, but it lacked features to provide instantaneous feedback, reduce data transmission latency, and ensure secure transmission of sensitive user data. The inventive concept addresses these limitations by incorporating advanced analytics, compression, and encryption techniques.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The system comprises a real-time analytics module that provides gamers with instantaneous feedback on their performance, enabling them to refine their skills. The system also employs a lossless compression algorithm to reduce data transmission latency, ensuring seamless sharing of gameplay. Furthermore, the system automatically generates a highlight reel of a user's gameplay based on their performance metrics, and provides a customizable gameplay summary that can be shared on social media platforms. Additionally, a data encryption module ensures secure transmission of sensitive user data, protecting user privacy.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The inventive concept's novelty lies in the integration of real-time analytics, lossless compression, automatic highlight reel generation, customizable gameplay summaries, and secure data transmission, which collectively provide a more efficient, secure, and user-friendly console gaming data capture and sharing experience. The inventive step is the combination of these features, which overcomes the limitations of the original patent and provides a unique solution for gamers and game developers.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include integrating artificial intelligence-powered analytics, incorporating virtual reality components, or developing a cloud-based gaming data sharing platform. Variations of the system could also include adapting the technology for use in other forms of gaming, such as PC or mobile gaming.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The inventive concept has significant commercial potential in the gaming industry, particularly among console gamers and game developers. The system's advanced analytics, compression, and encryption capabilities can enhance the gaming experience, increase user engagement, and provide valuable insights for game developers. The target market includes gaming console manufacturers, game developers, and gaming communities.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
A A63 A63F13/497
A A63 A63F13/335
A A63 A63F13/61
A A63 A63F13/86
A A63 A63F2300/407
A A63 A63F2300/554
A A63 A63F2300/5506
A A63 A63F2300/5546
A A63 A63F2300/577
A A63 A63F2300/634
G G06 G06V20/49

Field of Art

Console gaming data capture, sharing, and analytics technologies, involving software systems for gameplay recording, performance tracking, and digital content management. Requires expertise in video game software engineering, data compression, network transmission, and user interface design

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A software engineer with 3-5 years experience in gaming technologies, familiar with console development platforms, data transmission protocols, user experience design, and multimedia compression techniques. Possesses knowledge of gaming APIs, network optimization, and interactive media systems

Obviousness Rationale

A person having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the published technical disclosure represents predictable variations and combinations of existing console gaming data capture technologies. The proposed enhancements represent logical extensions of the source patent's core concepts, utilizing standard engineering techniques to improve gameplay data management and sharing capabilities. The variations demonstrate incremental improvements achievable through routine design choices within the gaming software domain.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Embedding links into stored gameplay metadata
PTD Variation
Real-time analytics module providing instantaneous performance feedback
Obviousness Reasoning
Adding performance tracking to gameplay metadata represents a predictable enhancement using known monitoring techniques, providing users with immediate insights into their gaming performance
Source Patent Element
Sharing gameplay on social media platforms
PTD Variation
Customizable gameplay summary generation with lossless compression
Obviousness Reasoning
Improving content sharing through compression and user-configurable summaries constitutes a standard optimization approach for multimedia content distribution
Source Patent Element
Generating links based on gameplay events
PTD Variation
Automatic highlight reel generation based on performance metrics
Obviousness Reasoning
Algorithmic content curation represents a predictable evolution of existing gameplay event tracking, using well-established machine learning and data analysis techniques
Source Patent Element
Tracking user interactions with embedded gameplay links
PTD Variation
Data encryption module for secure transmission of user gameplay data
Obviousness Reasoning
Implementing security protocols for sensitive user data is a standard engineering practice, representing a logical extension of existing data management approaches
Source Patent Element
Console gaming data capture system
PTD Variation
Extending technology to alternative gaming platforms like PC and mobile
Obviousness Reasoning
Cross-platform adaptation represents a predictable technological progression, utilizing common software engineering abstraction and portability techniques
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11857875 and the published technical disclosure, a person having ordinary skill in the art would find the claimed variations obvious and anticipated. The proposed system represents routine engineering modifications that would be apparent to a skilled practitioner, lacking any non-obvious technical advancement beyond the existing prior art. Consequently, any patent claims substantially similar to the disclosed variations would be rendered obvious and unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. ยง 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,857,875
TitleSystem and method for capturing and sharing console gaming data
Assignee(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.