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Add-on Management Systems

  • US 20120064975A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2011
  • Published: 03/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A game server system comprising:

  • a video source configured to use game logic to generate video frames and to encode the video frames to a video stream, the video stream being based on a game environment of a video game, the game logic being augmented by an add-on;

    an I/O device configured to communicate the video stream to a geographically remote client and to receive game commands from the client;

    add-on storage configured to store the add-on in a location accessible to the video game, and to store add-on data of the add-on in a location accessible to the add-on;

    an add-on manager configured tocreate an add-on environment configured for use of the add-on by the video game,associate the add-on with a user account, andassociate the add-on data of the add-on with the user account; and

    a processor configured to execute the game logic or the add-on manager.

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