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SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO GAME

  • US 20150045121A1
  • Filed: 08/27/2013
  • Published: 02/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A server for providing a game to a plurality of terminal devices communicatively connected to the server, the server comprising:

  • a central processing unit;

    memory storage configured to store machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the central processing unit toprogress the game in accordance with input information sent from one of the plurality of terminal devices;

    generate frame information at predetermined intervals in accordance with progression of the game, the frame information containing at least a plurality of first type drawing commands to be executed on the terminal device to render one frame of a game screen in accordance with progression of the game on the terminal device, each of the plurality of first type drawing commands including object information specifying an object to be drawn and coordinate information specifying a coordinate where the object is to be drawn;

    compress the generated frame information; and

    send the compressed frame information to the terminal device,wherein the game screen contains a region having a plurality of unit objects with an identical shape continuously arranged in vertical and/or horizontal directions;

    the frame information contains the plurality of first type drawing commands for drawing at least the plurality of unit objects arranged continuously, the plurality of first type drawing commands arranged in the same order as the plurality of unit objects are to be arranged; and

    each of the plurality of first type drawing commands includes the coordinate information in a form of difference between the coordinate where the object is to be drawn and a coordinate specified by coordinate information of the first type drawing command written immediately before if there is the first type drawing command written immediately before.

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