Stephen P Dolan, 473110 S Dakota St, Seattle, WA 98108

8356059, Jan 15, 2013

Nov 14, 2008

12/271034

Joel E. Wiljanen - Sammamish WA, US
Raymond Arifianto - Bothell WA, US
Stephen P. Dolan - Redmond WA, US
Hiroki Kobayashi - Osaka, JP

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 12/00
G06F 7/30
G06F 15/16
G06F 21/00
G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00

707803, 707999003, 70799901, 7079991, 707999102, 709217, 705 51, 725 52

An express content metadata system (“ECM”) may provide functionality for uploading, querying and downloading game content without heavy coding requirements on the part of the developers. The ECM may provide fast indexing, searching and data retrieval of content. The ECM may manage evolving changes to content definitions by providing flexible and efficient versioning control over content definitions that allows multiple versions of game content to coexist and be independently searchable.

2011030, Dec 15, 2011

Jun 10, 2010

12/797906

Christopher Michael Novak - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Paul Dolan - Redmond WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

A63F 13/12
G06F 15/16

463 42, 709204

A method for enabling a user to participate in an activity in a processing device based on user intent is provided. The method includes receiving a wish list of intents from a user on a processing device. The wish list of intents identifies user intent to participate in one or more activities in processing device. A matching list of intents is generated for the user based on the wish list of intents. The matching list of intents includes at least one activity identified by other users such as users in the user's friends list that match an intent in the wish list of intents specified by the user. The activities may include one or more multiplayer games in the gaming system. A selection of one or more other users in the matching list of intents is received from the user. An activity trigger notification associated with the activity may be provided to the user and the other users based on the selection.

2014027, Sep 18, 2014

Mar 13, 2013

13/802096

- Redmond WA, US
Paul Lyttle - Bothell WA, US
Jefferson W. Ng - Seattle WA, US
Micheal Dunn - Seattle WA, US
Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto - Duvall WA, US
Vance O'Neill - Woodinville WA, US
Eric Heutchy - Carnation WA, US
Rankin J. Kern - Seattle WA, US
David A. Straily - Bellevue WA, US
Stephen Paul Dolan - Redmond WA, US
Justin Brown - Seattle WA, US
Praneeth Kallu - Redmond WA, US
Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung - Redmond WA, US
Vincent Bannister - Redmond WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

A63F 13/30

463 42

Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.