Scalable game space

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• monitoring, by a computer server, first requests for accessing electronic content received at the computer server from a plurality of clients to determine if a threshold number of the plurality of clients currently accessing the electronic content is reached;
• in response to a determination that the threshold number of clients currently accessing the electronic content is reached, preventing accessing the electronic content by at least transmitting, by the computer server, interactive content and time information to each client of the plurality of clients, the time information based at least in part on traffic at the computer server and indicating, to the plurality of clients, the amount of time before transmitting a next request for the next connections, the interactive content configured to change based at least in part on user interaction with the interactive content;
• and
• allowing, by the computer server, a connection to access the electronic content, after an amount of time indicated by the time information elapses, for each of the respective clients of the plurality of clients that successfully completes an interactive activity involving other users that is included in the interactive content, the interactive activity involving other users selected to reduce a number of the plurality of clients that can access the electronic content at next connections.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computer server, an initial request from a client of a user to access electronic content;
• determining, by the computer server, if a threshold number of clients currently accessing the electronic content is reached;
• in response to a determination that the threshold number of clients currently accessing the electronic content is reached, preventing access, by the user, of the electronic content;
• transmitting, by the computer server, time information and content to the client of the user, the time information indicating to the client an amount of time, based at least in part on traffic at the computer server, before transmitting a next connection request to the computer server, the content configured to change based at least in part on user interaction with the content;
• and
• allowing, by the computer server, the user to access the electronic content after the amount of time indicated by the time information elapses and a determination that the user has successfully completed a plurality of interactive activities involving other users that is included in the content such that a predetermined number of users is removed from attempting to access the electronic content at the amount of time indicated by the time information after the initial request.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an initial request from a user device operated by a user to access electronic content;
• determine if a threshold number of users currently accessing the electronic content is reached;
• in response to a determination that the threshold number of users currently accessing the electronic content is reached, preventing accessing, by the user, access to the electronic content;
• transmit time information and content to the user device operated by the user, the time information indicating to the user device an amount of time, based at least in part on the number of users currently accessing the electronic content, before transmitting a next request for a next connection to a server, the content configured to change based at least in part on user interaction with the content;
• and
• allowing the user to access the electronic content after the amount of time indicated by the time information elapses and a determination that the user has successfully completed a plurality of interactive activities involving other users that is included in the content such that a number of users currently accessing the electronic content at the amount of time after the initial request is limited to a predetermined number.

A computer program product embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• program code for enabling a number of user devices operated by a number of users to submit requests to a server for accessing electronic content;
• program code for monitoring the requests to determine when a number of users currently accessing the electronic content reaches a threshold level;
• program code for, in response to a determination that the threshold level is reached, preventing accessing, by the number of users, to the electronic content;
• program code for transmitting interactive content and time information to user devices of the number of users devices operated by users of the number of users submitting the requests to access the electronic content, the time information indicating to the user devices of the number of user devices an amount of time, based at least in part on the traffic associated with the server, before submitting second requests to access the server, the interactive content including a plurality of interactive activities involving other users selected to reduce the number of users currently accessing the electronic content and configured to change based at least in part on user interaction with the interactive content;
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• program code for allowing a connection to the server to access the electronic content for each of the users of the number of users who successfully completes an activity of the plurality of interactive activities involving other users after the amount of time indicated by the time information has elapsed.