Securing goal-activated game content
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1. A method for limiting dissemination of content in an online game, the method comprising:
- a) hosting for transmission content designated as goal-activated content;
b) transmitting the goal-activated content to the client upon a client request; and
c) instructing the client to delete goal-activated content stored on the client.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and data structures are described which allow or caching streaming media file in a manner that allows for storage and retrieval of portions of the streaming media file that are temporally non-contiguous and/or encoded at differing bit rates.
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1. A method for limiting dissemination of content in an online game, the method comprising:
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a) hosting for transmission content designated as goal-activated content;
b) transmitting the goal-activated content to the client upon a client request; and
c) instructing the client to delete goal-activated content stored on the client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for limiting dissemination of content transmitted by a server in an online game, the method comprising:
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a) requesting goal-activated content from the server;
b) receiving the goal-activated content from the server;
c) receiving an instruction from the server to delete goal-activated content; and
d) deleting goal-activated content. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for limiting dissemination of content transmitted by a server to a client in an online game, the method comprising:
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a) the client requesting goal-activated content from the server;
b) the server transmitting the goal-activated content to the client;
c) the server instructing the client to delete goal-activated content; and
d) the client deleting goal-activated content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer based content dissemination limiting apparatus comprising:
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a) a non-volatile memory element storing goal-activated data;
b) a transceiver receiving a connection request from a remote client on the network;
c) a processor determining that the goal-activated content is to be transmitted to the client;
d) the transceiver transmitting the goal-activated content; and
e) the transceiver transmitting a deletion instruction to the client.
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