Transactional memory synchronization

2:

• The method of claim 1, wherein the first session and the second session do not communicate with each other, such that the first session executes by using inputs received at the first location and the first set of memory objects to continuously update the first game state, and the second session executes by using inputs received at the second location and the second set of memory objects to continuously update the second game state.

3:

• The method of claim 2, wherein the inputs received at the first location are received from a first client device, and wherein the inputs received at the second location are received from a second client device.

4:

• The method of claim 1, wherein the generating, transmitting, and applying of the first set and second set of update packages enables synchronization of at least some of the first set of memory objects with corresponding ones of the second set of memory objects.

5:

• The method of claim 4, wherein applying the first set of update packages changes one or more values of the corresponding ones of the second set of memory objects, and wherein applying the second set of update packages changes one or more values of the at least some of the first set of memory objects.

6:

• The method of claim 1, wherein each of the update packages includes a time stamp, a memory identifier, and a value for a memory object identified by the memory identifier.

7:

• The method of claim 6, wherein applying each of the update packages includes setting a value of the memory object identified by the memory identifier to the value of the update package.

8:

• The method of claim 6, wherein applying each of the update packages includes determining whether the time stamp of the update package is a latest time stamp for the memory object identified by the memory identifier, and if so, then setting a value of the memory object identified by the memory identifier to the value of the update package.

9:

• The method of claim 1, wherein the events in the shared virtual space effected via the first session include changes in position of a first virtual character that is controlled through the first session, and wherein the events in the shared virtual space effected via the second session include changes in position of a second virtual character that is controlled through the second session.

10:

• The method of claim 1, wherein the execution of the first session renders a first view of the shared virtual space, and wherein the execution of the second session renders a second view of the shared virtual space, such that the events in the shared virtual space effected through the first and second sessions are simultaneously viewable through the first and second views of the shared virtual space.

12:

• The online gaming service of claim 11, wherein each session of the video game executes independently of the other sessions of the video game, such that each session of the video game does not manage communications with the other sessions of the video game, and such that each session of the video game is unaware of the other sessions of the video game.

14:

• The online gaming service of claim 11, wherein propagating the memory transaction to the other ones of the identified sessions includes generating the update package including a timestamp of the memory transaction, an identifier for a memory object to which the memory transaction is applied, and a value that is set by the memory transaction.

15:

• The online gaming service of claim 11, wherein the transaction layer is configured to identify sessions providing interactivity with proximate regions of the virtual space, by analyzing virtual locations in the virtual space that are respectively associated to the different sessions of the video game.

18:

• The online gaming service of claim 16, wherein propagating the memory transaction to the other ones of the sessions includes generating the update package including a timestamp of the memory transaction, an identifier for a memory object to which the memory transaction is applied, and a value that is set by the memory transaction.

19:

• The method of claim 1, wherein the simultaneous representing of the same region of the shared virtual space enables concurrent interactivity in the same region of the shared virtual space by users respectively associated with first and second ones of the different sessions.