Client-Server Gaming

In a client-server game system, a method comprising:

• a client, which has a display and a control device and is connected to a network and is one of a plurality of clients participating in a game through the network, performing an in-game simulation and presenting the in-game simulation through the display;
• the client generating error-checking data based on results of the in-game simulation;
• the client sending the error-checking data through the network to a server for the server to analyze the error-checking data to determine whether at least one of the plurality of clients has generated a simulation error, to identify which one or more of the plurality of clients generated the simulation error, and to generate a patch for correcting the simulation error;
• and
• upon receiving the patch from the server through the network, the client applying the patch to correct and reset the in-game simulation.

A computer-readable program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform a method comprising:

• the computer, which is a client in a client-server game system, performing an in-game simulation for a networked computerized game, the computer being connected to a network, the computer being one of a plurality of clients participating in the game via the network, the computer having a display and a control device, the in-game simulation being for presentation through the display to a user when the user is playing the game by manipulating the control device;
• the computer generating error-checking data based on results of the in-game simulation;
• the computer sending the error-checking data through the network to a server for the server to analyze the error-checking data to determine whether at least one of the plurality of clients has generated a simulation error, to identify which one or more of the plurality of clients generated the simulation error, and to generate a patch for correcting the simulation error;
• and
• upon receiving the patch from the server through the network, the computer applying the patch to correct and reset the in-game simulation and presenting the corrected in-game simulation through the display.