Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Persistent game sessions with multiplayer support
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Application No.: US15179795Application Date: 2016-06-10
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Publication No.: US10166469B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Ben Harry , Johnny Trenh , Megan Gardner , Alan Berfield
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00 ; A63F13/35 ; A63F13/79 ; A63F13/92 ; A63F13/53 ; A63F13/32 ; A63F13/332 ; A63F13/335 ; A63F13/49 ; A63F13/48

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for initiating direct-connection multiplayer game sessions and for resuming a previously-adjourned multiplayer game session using a stored game object representing a state of the game session. In one exemplary method, a multiplayer gaming application may be executed on a first terminal, which may be associated with a first user. The first terminal may access a game object stored on a content management server that contains data representing a state of a previously adjourned session of the multiplayer gaming application. Further, the first terminal may determine, from the game object, a second terminal associated with a second user. The first terminal may host a session between the first terminal and the second terminal. Finally, an updated game object reflecting an updated state of the session may be stored on the content management system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170354877A1 PERSISTENT GAME SESSIONS WITH MULTIPLAYER SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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