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Coffee achievers move over, here come the television achievers.

Following the announcement of the Xbox One, a patent filed by Microsoft would bring a system similar to the Xbox 360’s achievements to television watchers.

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Last November, Microsoft applied for the patent on the television achievement system that would reward viewers on things like watching whole television series or watching an event like the Super Bowl.

“Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content,” the application, found by Games Industry International, states.

“To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to watch one or more particular items of video content, awards and achievements may be tied to those items of video content.”

“I think there’s always some section of the population that loves the intrinsic achievement award, leveling up kind of concept,” Jeremy Toeman, CEO of Dijit Media said. “I think when it come to tv though people always talk about rewarding people who watch tv and they think what the industry doesn’t get is that watching the show is the reward.”