Method of and System for Virtual Mobile Game Session Discovery and Player Matching
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a multiparty wireless interactive session, which comprises:
- sending a session ready message to a session broker using a first wireless device, said session ready message including location information;
receiving a session available message from said session broker using said first wireless device; and
,in response to receiving said session available message, initiating a session using a second wireless device.
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Abstract
A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker is configured to receive a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Upon finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to the wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received using the first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices. Preferably, the second wireless devices are maintained powered-off until a session available message is received.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a multiparty wireless interactive session, which comprises:
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sending a session ready message to a session broker using a first wireless device, said session ready message including location information; receiving a session available message from said session broker using said first wireless device; and
,in response to receiving said session available message, initiating a session using a second wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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5. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said second wireless device includes a Bluetooth radio.
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14. An interactive wireless device, which comprises:
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a first radio having a first power consumption; a second radio having a second power consumption, said second power consumption being greater than said first power consumption; means for sending a session ready message to a session broker using said first radio; means for receiving a session available message from said session broker using said first radio; and
,means responsive to receiving said session available message for establishing a multiparty wireless session using said second radio. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A session broker, which comprises:
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an interface to a wireless telephone system; means for receiving a session ready message from a first wireless unit via said interface to said wireless telephone system, said session ready message including location information for said first wireless unit; means for finding a second wireless unit having a location matching the location of said first wireless unit; and
,means for sending, via said interface to said wireless telephone system, a session available message to said first and second wireless units.
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