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US 8,801,523 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for centralized control of gaming applications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele Smith
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, from a device, a request to pause a gaming application;
- generating a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
- receiving, from a different device, another request to resume the gaming application;
- and
- resuming the gaming application from the bookmark.
5 more elements
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request from a device to pause a gaming application;
- creating, by the server, a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
- receiving, at the server, another request from a different device to resume the gaming application;
- retrieving, by the server, the bookmark;
- and
- resuming, by the server, the gaming application from the bookmark.
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A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a device to pause a gaming application;
- creating a bookmark that identifies a logical location at which the gaming application is paused;
- receiving another request from a different device to resume the gaming application;
- querying for the bookmark;
- and
- resuming the gaming application from the bookmark at the different device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.