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US 2019/0096164 A1Published application
Systems and methods for dynamic sharding
AssigneeGamesys Ltd.
InventorsPhillip Jarlath Graham, Andrew Firth, Joshua Richard Watkins
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for dynamic sharding, such as in an online gaming environment. The invention includes providing a shared data store including at least a table store adapted to store data representative of table state; creating a plurality of shards wherein each shard includes at least a floor manager system and a game system; presenting a plurality of tables to players via a lobby interface; and scaling a number of the plurality of shards to support a current number of players. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
Claims7
A system comprising:
- a plurality of processors;
- and
- a memory associated with each processor operative to store instructions executable on the processors, the instructions being adapted to:
- provide a shared data store including at least a table store adapted to store data representative of table state;
- create a plurality of shards wherein each shard includes at least a floor manager system and a game system;
- present a plurality of tables to players via a lobby interface;
- and
- scale a number of the plurality of shards to support a current number of players.
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