System of Mobile Online Game and Method for Communicating between Mobile Game Terminals

• US 20070265067A1
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tang, Jie, Zhang, Yupeng, Zhong, Jieping, Liu, Qian, Jiao, Jingmin, Chen, Shaobing, Huang, Hongsen
• Granted Patent: US 8,353,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a mobile online game system which includes a first mobile game terminal, a second mobile game terminal and a game platform, and the first mobile game terminal acquires a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal from the game platform, creates a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal, and communicates with the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection. An embodiment of the present invention discloses as well a method for communicating between mobile game terminals. Because of the adoption of a P2P connection between the mobile game terminals for communicating, the forwarding of data interaction between the mobile game terminals by the game platform in the related art is avoided, so that the rate and efficiency of data interaction between the mobile game terminals are improved, and the data processing burden on the game platform is released.

Claims

1. A mobile online game system, comprising:

a first mobile game terminal acquiring a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication address of a second mobile game terminal from a game platform, creating a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal, and communicating with the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

2. The mobile online game system of claim 1, wherein

the first mobile game terminal further sends identifier (ID) information of the second mobile game terminal to the game platform;

creates the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal;

sends communication data to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection; and

receives communication data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection;

the game platform stores P2P registration information of mobile game terminals, and the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises the P2P communication addresses of the mobile game terminals;

gets the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal; and

returns the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

3. The mobile online game system of claim 2, wherein the P2P registration information further comprises authentication information of the mobile game terminals;

the game platform determines that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P registration information, returns the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

4. A method for communicating between mobile game terminals, comprising:

acquiring, by a first mobile game terminal, a P2P communication address of a second mobile game terminal from a game platform;

creating, by the first mobile game terminal, a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal;

communicating, by the first mobile game terminal, with the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of acquiring comprises:

sending, by the first mobile game terminal, a P2P connection creating request to the game platform, the P2P connection creating request carries ID information of the first mobile game terminal and ID information of the second mobile game terminal;

acquiring, by the game platform, the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal upon receiving the P2P connection creating request according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, and returning to the first mobile game terminal a response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of acquiring by the game platform the P2P communication address upon receiving the P2P connection creating request and returning to the first mobile game terminal the response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal further comprises:

determining, by the game platform, that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal upon receiving the P2P connection creating request, returning an authentication success response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the process of determining that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal comprises:

acquiring P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal for P2P connection;

upon determining that the P2P registration information contains record information representing that the second mobile game terminal is willing to create the P2P connection with the first mobile game terminal;

determining that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of sending by the first mobile game terminal the P2P connection creating request to the game platform comprises:

sending, by the first mobile game terminal, the P2P connection creating request to the game platform upon receiving a P2P connection creating instruction.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the first mobile game terminal, that data generated by a game operation needs to be transmitted to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and sending the data to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the process of determining that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection further comprises:

upon determining that the data carries information representing that the data needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, determining that the data needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection.

11. A mobile game terminal, comprising:

a game application unit, sending identifier (ID) information of a second mobile game terminal to a game platform;

sending communication data and a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to a P2P application unit;

the P2P application unit, creating a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal received from the game application unit;

sending the communication data received from the game application unit to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection;

receiving communication data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and sending the communication data received from the second mobile game terminal to the game application unit.

12. A game platform, comprising:

an MGP, sending ID information of a second mobile game terminal; and

sending a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to a first mobile game terminal;

a database storing P2P registration information of mobile game terminals, wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprising the P2P communication addresses of the mobile game terminals;

a P2P management unit, getting from the database the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal received from the MGP;

returning the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the MGP.

13. The game platform of claim 12, wherein the P2P management unit comprises:

a database query unit, reading the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal from the database according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, returning the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the MGP.

14. The game platform of claim 12, wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises authentication information of the mobile game terminals;

the P2P management unit further comprises;

an authentication interface unit, reading from the database P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal according the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, determining that the first mobile game terminal has right to create a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal, and getting the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal.

15. The game platform of claim 14, wherein the P2P management unit further comprises:

a database query unit, receiving a query instruction sent by the authentication interface unit, reading from the database the P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal, and sending the P2P registration information to the authentication interface unit.