Two new Sony Patents appeared today: Digital item trading, and Gameplay resuming across devices via "the Cloud"

[Playstation Tablet 1,771]

Probably designed mostly for the upcoming PlayStation tablet.

 

United States Patent10,238,965 Colenbrander March 26, 2019

Cloud gaming device handover

Abstract
Methods and systems to identify options of secondary client devices for a device handover of game play include establishing a session of game play of a game for a primary client device by executing the game on a server for streaming video frames to the primary client device. A request is received to generate a profile of one or more secondary client devices that are identified to be local to the primary client device. The profile is configured to identify device attributes for the secondary client devices. A handover option is provided to the primary client device during game play, identifying one or more of the secondary client devices, based on the profile. A selection of a secondary client device identified by the handover option received from the primary client device causes pausing of the streaming of video frames to the primary client device, saving a game state for the game and providing an option to resume play of the game on the secondary client device. A resume request received from the secondary client device causes the game state for the game to be accessed and game play resumed so as to continue streaming video frames to the secondary client device.

Inventors: Colenbrander; Roelof Roderick (Costa Mesa, CA)Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC (San Mateo, CA)
Family ID: 1000003902621Appl. No.: 15/141,799Filed: April 28, 2016

[DynamiteCop 2,109]

17 minutes ago, Team 2019 said:

Probably designed mostly for the upcoming PlayStation tablet.

[Playstation Tablet 1,771]

6 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said:

Will outsell the next XBox.