US 12,010,181 B2Granted

Dynamic online game implementation on a client device

AssigneeKabam, Inc.

InventorsJeff Howell, Benjamin Talbot, Russell Warneboldt

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Abstract

A system and method for providing online games on client devices based on capabilities of the client devices are disclosed. Device capability information may be obtained from the client devices during the online game. Values of one or more capability parameters may be determined based on the device capability information obtained. Device profiles may be assigned to the client devices based on the determined values of the capability parameters. One or more game features may be adjusted in accordance with the assigned device profile for implementing the online game on the client devices. The adjustable game features may include frame rate, level of detail of rendering, level of 3D graphics, level of collision effects, animation type, gameplay available for user interaction, gameplay content for user interaction, communication mode, physics effects available for display, level of artificial intelligence, and/or any other features of the online game.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for presenting an online game on client devices based on particular capabilities of the client devices, wherein the client devices include a first client device and a second client device, the system comprising one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

receive first capability information regarding a first set of capabilities of the first client device, wherein the first set of capabilities include one or more hardware-based device-specific capabilities of the first client device relevant to rendering of the online game;
receive second capability information regarding a second set of capabilities of the second client device, wherein the second set of capabilities include one or more hardware-based device-specific capabilities of the second client device relevant to rendering of the online game;
determine a first value of a first capability parameter based on the first capability information;
determine a second value of a second capability parameter based on the second capability information;
automatically make a selection, by the one or more physical processors, of one or more software-controllable game-specific settings that control presentations of the online game on the client devices, wherein the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings include at least one of:
(i) a frame rate for rendering the online game, and/or
(ii) inclusion of one or more details when rendering the online game;
and
present the online game on the first client device and on the second client device in accordance with the selection, wherein presenting the online game includes a first presentation of the online game on the first client device and a second presentation of the online game on the second client device, wherein the first presentation of the online game is controlled by the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings of the selection, and wherein the second presentation of the online game is controlled by the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings of the selection.

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A method for presenting an online game on client devices based on particular capabilities of the client devices, wherein the client devices include a first client device and a second client device, the method being implemented in one or more physical processors configured to execute machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

receiving first capability information regarding a first set of capabilities of the first client device, wherein the first set of capabilities include one or more hardware-based device-specific capabilities of the first client device relevant to rendering the online game;
receiving second capability information regarding a second set of capabilities of the second client device, wherein the second set of capabilities include one or more hardware-based device-specific capabilities of the second client device relevant to rendering the online game;
determining a first value of a first capability parameter based on the first capability information;
determining a second value of a second capability parameter based on the second capability information;
automatically making a selection of one or more software-controllable game-specific settings that control presentations of the online game on the client devices, wherein the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings include at least one of:
(i) a frame rate for rendering the online game, and/or
(ii) inclusion of one or more details when rendering the online game;
and
presenting the online game on the first client device and on the second client device in accordance with the selection, wherein presenting the online game includes a first presentation of the online game on the first client device and a second presentation of the online game on the second client device, wherein the first presentation of the online game is controlled by the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings of the selection, and wherein the second presentation of the online game is controlled by the one or more software-controllable game-specific settings of the selection.

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Facts

Application: 18/316,660Filed 12 May 2023 · continuation
Priority: 10 Dec 2015
Published: US 2023/0283669 A17 Sep 2023
Granted: 11 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A63F 13/358
Details of game servers: adapting the game course according to the network or server load, e.g. for reducing latency due to different connection…
A63F 13/30
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: interconnection arrangements between game servers…
A63F 13/355
Details of game servers: performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game…
A63F 13/77
Game security or game management aspects: involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or…

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Application14/965,733Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Dec 2015
Application16/245,123Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jan 2019
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Application17/707,698Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Mar 2022
US 11,303,730 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Apr 2022
US 2023/0283669 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Sep 2023
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US 2019/0149637 A1Published application
US 2020/0084298 A1Published application
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