NetflixPatent applicationGames & mediaInterest 4/10

Netflix patents system to automatically track in-game events

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Netflix describes a method where a server creates code to track specific actions in video games. This code runs inside the game to record when those actions happen and sends the data back to the server for analysis.

Why it mattersThis could help Netflix better understand how players interact with games on its platform, though it is a standard technique for tracking user behavior.

In the filing’s own words

An exemplary method for event logging and reporting in video games involves (1) obtaining, by a server associated with a video game, event definition data that defines an event to be logged in connection with the video game, (2) generating, by the server based at least in part on the event definition data, code configured to cause a game runtime component to log instances of the event that occur in an instance of the video game, (3) providing, by the server, the code to the game runtime component, (4) receiving, by the server from the game runtime component, a record of an instance of the event that occurred in the instance of the video game, and (5) performing, by the server, an action in connection with the video game based at least in part on the record. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by a server associated with a video game, event definition data that defines an event to be logged in connection with the video game; generating, by the server based at least in part on the event definition data, code configured to cause a game runtime component to log instances of the event that occur in an instance of the video game; providing, by the server, the code to the game runtime component; receiving, by the server from the game runtime component, a record of an instance of the event that occurred in the instance of the video game; and performing, by the server, an action in connection with the video game based at least in part on the record.

Facts

Company: Netflix (Netflix, Inc.)
Official title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT LOGGING AND REPORTING IN VIDEO GAMES
Publication number: US20260325959A1
Application number: 19427655
Filed: Dec 19, 2025
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 20

Classified under

A63F 13/35 Human necessitiesA63F 13/40 Human necessities

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