METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING ONLINE GAME, AND SERVER DEVICE

• US 20180369697A1
• Filed: 08/29/2018
• Published: 12/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Original Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Inventors: GOULD, Robert Jay
• Granted Patent: US 10,456,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/493 Resuming a game, e.g. after pausing, malfunction or power failure
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/402 Communication between platforms, i.e. physical link to protocol
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/408 Peer to peer connection
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/534 for network load management, e.g. bandwidth optimization, latency reduction
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5533 using program state or machine event data, e.g. server keeps track of the state of multiple players on in a multiple player game
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of synchronizing an online game, and a server device, that do not require centralized information management, reduce the processing burden on each device during online communication, and allow for continuation of processing in an offline environment. A method, according to the present disclosure, of synchronizing an online game that allows for transmission and reception of information related to game processing between a first client terminal and a second client terminal via a server includes: receiving, from the first client terminal connected online, first information related to game processing on the first client terminal; determining whether the first information is information that determines a game status; and storing the first information on the server and transmitting the first information to the second client terminal when the first information is determined to be information that determines the game status.

Claims

1. A method performed by a server for synchronizing game processing in an online game between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, from the first mobile device connected online, first information related to a change in status of the online game executed by the first mobile device;

storing the first information;

determining whether the first information is valid by determining whether transmitting the first information to the second mobile terminal device would result in a loss of synchronization of the online game between the first mobile device and the second mobile device;

transmitting the first information to the second mobile device when it is determined that the first information is valid; and

invalidating the first information and not transmitting the first information to the second mobile device when it is determined that the first information is not valid.