SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING REAL-TIME INTERACTION DATA THROUGH MOBILE AND BROADCAST CONVERGED NETWORKS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090170607A1
• Filed: 04/18/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Hsiao, Tsun-Yu, Chiao, Hsin-Ta
• Granted Patent: US 8,550,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/409 Data transfer via television network
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/91 broadcasting computer programmes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23617 by inserting additional data into a data carousel, e.g. inserting software modules into a DVB carousel arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A system for downloading real-time interaction data and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a real-time interaction data management server farm, a network equipment, a carousel server, and at least one terminal device. The real-time interaction data management server farm processes real-time interaction data and manages a plurality of real-time data packages thereof. The network equipment provides a unidirectional broadcast network and a bidirectional mobile network as media for transmitting the real-time data packages. The carousel server receives the real-time data packages and transmits the real-time data packages in a carousel delivery method, a single-pass delivery method or a carousel and single-pass delivery method through the unidirectional broadcast network. The terminal device receives the real-time data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network or requests and receives the real-time data packages through the bidirectional mobile network. Thereby, the real-time interaction data can be quickly downloaded in a mobile environment.

Claims

1. A mobile massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) data download system, comprising:

a real-time interaction data management server farm, for executing a mobile MMOG and managing a plurality of regional game data packages of game data of the mobile MMOG;

a network equipment, for providing a unidirectional broadcast network and a bidirectional mobile network as media for transmitting the regional game data packages;

a carousel server, for receiving the regional game data packages and transmitting the regional game data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network in a multimode transmission method; and

at least one terminal device, for receiving the regional game data packages so as to execute the mobile MMOG,

wherein the terminal device receives the regional game data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network and requests and receives the regional game data packages through the bidirectional mobile network.

2. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the multimode transmission method comprises a carousel delivery method, a single-pass delivery method, or a carousel and single-pass delivery method.

3. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the network equipment comprises:

a broadcast network equipment, for providing the unidirectional broadcast network; and

a mobile network equipment, for providing the bidirectional mobile network.

4. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the carousel server is disposed in the real-time interaction data management server farm.

5. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 3, wherein the carousel server is disposed in the broadcast network equipment.

6. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the unidirectional broadcast network is a unidirectional broadcast network with regional broadcast capability or a unidirectional broadcast network without regional broadcast capability.

7. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, further comprising a real-time data package control server connected to the carousel server for calculating a scheduling information of the regional game data packages, wherein the carousel server transmits the regional game data packages according to the scheduling information.

8. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the real-time interaction data management server farm comprises:

a game logic control server farm, comprising a plurality of game logic control servers for respectively controlling and managing the operation of game logic in a plurality of the regions in the virtual game world (virtual regions) of the mobile MMOG;

a game management server, connected to the game logic control server farm for managing the logins and logouts of a plurality of game players;

a user database, connected to the game management server for storing information of the game players;

a game logic database, connected to the game logic control server farm and the

game management server for recording mappings between the virtual regions and the game logic control servers;

a game data package database, connected to the carousel server for storing the regional game data packages; and

a game data package download server, connected to the game data package database for receiving and responding a download request of the terminal device.

9. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 3, wherein the broadcast network equipment comprises:

an encapsulator, for encapsulating the data packets for delivering the regional game data packages into one or multiple transmission streams;

a modulator, connected to the encapsulator for modulating the transmission streams;

an up converter, connected to the modulator for respectively converting the modulated transmission streams to specific frequencies of the transmission streams; and

a transmitter, connected to the up converter for transmitting the transmission streams.

10. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 7, wherein the scheduling information is determined according to at least one of the distribution of a plurality of game players in a plurality of virtual regions, transmission requests sent by the game players through the bidirectional mobile network, a bandwidth limitation of the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network, and a load limitation for the real-time interaction data management server farm to transmit the regional game data packages through the bidirectional mobile network.

11. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 10, wherein the real-time data package control server determines an interval for re-calculating the scheduling information.

12. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the regional game data packages are encoded with a forward error correction (FEC) code.

13. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 12, wherein the FEC code is a fountain code.

14. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 13, wherein the fountain code is a Raptor code.

15. The mobile MMOG data download system according to claim 1, wherein the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network communicate with an Internet protocol.

16. A mobile MMOG data download method, comprising:

dividing a game data of a mobile MMOG into a plurality of regional game data packages in unit of regions of the virtual game world of the mobile MMOG;

connecting to a portal through a bidirectional mobile network;

downloading and executing a main program of the mobile MMOG through the bidirectional mobile network or a unidirectional broadcast network;

receiving the subsequent regional game data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network; and

requesting and receiving the subsequent regional game data packages through the bidirectional mobile network,

wherein the unidirectional broadcast network transmits the regional game data packages in a multimode transmission method.

17. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 16, wherein the multimode transmission method comprises a carousel delivery method, a single-pass delivery method, or a carousel and single-pass delivery method.

18. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 17, wherein the multimode transmission method is to transmit the regional game data packages according to a scheduling information,

wherein the scheduling information is determined according to at least one of the distribution of a plurality of game players in a plurality of virtual regions, transmission request sent by the game players through the bidirectional mobile network, a bandwidth limitation of the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network, and a load limitation for a real-time interaction data management server farm to transmit the regional game data packages through the bidirectional mobile network.

19. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 18, further comprising determining an interval for re-calculating the scheduling information.

20. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 16, further comprising transmitting the regional game data packages regarding a plurality of physical areas according to different scheduling information.

21. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 16, further comprising encoding the regional game data packages with a FEC code.

22. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 21, wherein the FEC code is a fountain code.

23. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 22, wherein the fountain code is a Raptor code.

24. The mobile MMOG data download method according to claim 16, further comprising downloading the regional game data packages from the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network via Internet Protocol (IP).

25. A real-time interaction data download system, comprising:

a real-time interaction data management server farm, for processing a real-time interaction data and managing a plurality of real-time data packages of the real-time interaction data;

a network equipment, for providing a unidirectional broadcast network and a bidirectional mobile network as media for transmitting the real-time data packages;

a carousel server, for receiving the real-time data packages and transmitting the real-time data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network in a multimode transmission method; and

at least one terminal device, for receiving the real-time data packages,

wherein the terminal device receives the real-time data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network and requests and receives the real-time data packages through the bidirectional mobile network.

26. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the multimode transmission method comprises a carousel delivery method, a single-pass delivery method, or a carousel and single-pass delivery method.

27. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the network equipment comprises:

a broadcast network equipment, for providing the unidirectional broadcast network; and

a mobile network equipment, for providing the bidirectional mobile network.

28. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 26, wherein the carousel server is disposed in the real-time interaction data management server farm.

29. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the carousel server is disposed in the broadcast network equipment.

30. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the unidirectional broadcast network is a unidirectional broadcast network with regional broadcast capability or a unidirectional broadcast network without regional broadcast capability.

31. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, further comprising a real-time data package control server connected to the carousel server for calculating a scheduling information of the real-time data packages, wherein the carousel server transmits the real-time data packages according to the scheduling information.

32. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the broadcast network equipment comprises:

an encapsulator, for encapsulating the data packets for delivering the real-time data packages into one or multiple transmission streams;

a modulator, connected to the encapsulator for modulating the transmission streams;

an up converter, connected to the modulator for respectively converting the modulated transmission streams to specific frequencies of the transmission streams; and

a transmitter, connected to the up converter for transmitting the transmission streams.

33. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the real-time data packages are encoded with a FEC code.

34. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 33, wherein the FEC code is a fountain code.

35. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 34, wherein the fountain code is a Raptor code.

36. The real-time interaction data download system according to claim 25, wherein the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network communicate via Internet Protocol (IP).

37. A real-time interaction data download method, comprising:

dividing a real-time interaction data into a plurality of real-time data packages;

downloading and executing a main program for the real-time interaction data through a bidirectional mobile network or a unidirectional broadcast network;

receiving the subsequent real-time data packages through the unidirectional broadcast network; and

requesting and receiving the subsequent real-time data packages through the bidirectional mobile network,

wherein the unidirectional broadcast network transmits the real-time data packages in a multimode transmission method.

38. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 37, wherein the multimode transmission method comprises a carousel delivery method, a single-pass delivery method, or a carousel and single-pass delivery method.

39. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 38, wherein the multimode transmission method is to transmit the real-time data packages according to a scheduling information, and the scheduling information comprises a re-transmission interval of the multimode transmission method.

40. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 37, further comprising transmitting the real-time data packages regarding a plurality of physical areas according to the scheduling information.

41. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 37, further comprising encoding the real-time data packages with a FEC code.

42. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 41, wherein the FEC code is a fountain code.

43. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 42, wherein the fountain code is a Raptor code.

44. The real-time interaction data download method according to claim 37, further comprising downloading the real-time data packages from the unidirectional broadcast network and the bidirectional mobile network via Internet Protocol (IP).