US 10,471,350 B2 · Persistent game sessions with multiplayer support

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for initiating direct-connection multiplayer game sessions and for resuming a previously-adjourned multiplayer game session using a stored game object representing a state of the game session. In one exemplary method, a multiplayer gaming application may be executed on a first terminal, which may be associated with a first user. The first terminal may access a game object stored on a content management server that contains data representing a state of a previously adjourned session of the multiplayer gaming application. Further, the first terminal may determine, from the game object, a second terminal associated with a second user. The first terminal may host a session between the first terminal and the second terminal. Finally, an updated game object reflecting an updated state of the session may be stored on the content management system.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory medium include application instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the device to:

execute an application by the processing device, the processing device being associated with a first user;
access an object stored on a server that contains data representing a state of a previously-adjourned session of the application;
determine, from the object, a connection attribute of a second device associated with a second user;
host, by the processing device, a session of the application between the device and the second device via a connection facilitated by the connection attribute;
update the object according to the hosted session;
and
send data of the updated object to the server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Persistent game sessions with multiplayer support

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Persistent game sessions with multiplayer support

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Abstract

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