Sony patents system to record and sync cloud game data for support
Sony has filed a patent for a method that captures video, audio, and controller inputs during a cloud gaming session. The system aligns these different data streams to create a synchronized record of the gameplay, which is then stored using a specific game identifier.
In the filing’s own words
Techniques for described for video game information collection. An example method can include processing a message comprising a video game application identifier and first instructions to collect image information, audio information, and controller information generated during a cloud-based session of a video game application. The method can further include determining the cloud-based session of the video game application based on the video game application identifier. The method can further include collecting the image information, the audio information, and the controller information during the cloud-based session based on determining the cloud-based session. The method can further include synchronizing the controller information with the image information and the controller information with the audio information to generate synchronized video game information. The method can further include storing the synchronized video game information based on the video game application identifier.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: processing a message comprising a video game application identifier and first instructions to collect image information, audio information, and controller information generated during a cloud-based session of a video game application; determining the cloud-based session of the video game application based on the video game application identifier; collecting the image information, the audio information, and the controller information during the cloud-based session based on determining the cloud-based session; synchronizing the controller information with the image information and the controller information with the audio information to generate synchronized video game information; and storing the synchronized video game information based on the video game application identifier.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTINMENT INC.)
- Official title
- GAME PLAY DATA COLLECTION FOR AGENT SUPPORT
- Publication number
- US20260329741A1
- Application number
- 19185083
- Filed
- Apr 21, 2025
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 11/3698 Physics & computingA63F 13/77 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Games & media
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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