Method and system for improving the efficiency of state information transfer over a wireless communications network

A method for managing global state information related to an interactive application relative to local state information received from one or more mobile client devices over a wireless communications network during an interactive application session, comprising:

• receiving the local state information from each of the one or more mobile client devices;
• comparing the received local state information with the global state information and updating the global state information;
• and
• structuring the updated global state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network.

A system for managing global state information related to an interactive application relative to local state information received from one or more mobile client devices over a wireless communications network during an interactive application session, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving the local state information from each of the one or more mobile client devices;
• a global modeler for comparing the received local state information with the global state information and updating the global state information;
• and
• a server state manager for structuring the updated global state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network.

An apparatus for managing global state information related to an interactive application relative to local state information received from one or more mobile client devices over a wireless communications network during an interactive application session, comprising:

• a server device having:
• a communication interface for receiving the local state information from each of the one or more mobile client devices;
• a global modeler for comparing the received local state information with the global state information and updating the global state information;
• and
• a server state manager for structuring the updated global state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network.

A method for managing local state information related to an interactive application relative to global state information maintained by an application server during an interactive application session between users over a wireless communications network, comprising:

• comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information;
• structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network;
• and
• delivering the changed state information to the application server over the wireless communications network.

A system for managing local state information related to an interactive application relative to global state information maintained by an application server during an interactive application session between users over a wireless communications network, comprising:

• a local modeler for comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information;
• a client state manager for structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network;
• and
• a communication interface for delivering the changed state information to the application server over the wireless communications network.

An apparatus for managing local state information related to an interactive application relative to global state information maintained by an application server during an interactive application session between users over a wireless communications network, comprising:

• a mobile client device having:
• a local modeler for comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information;
• a client state manager for structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network;
• and
• a communication interface for delivering the changed state information to the application server over the wireless communications network.