Method and system for improving the efficiency of state information transfer over a wireless communications network
First Claim
1. A system for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more users unique view of the interactive application and global state information, the system comprising:
- a telecommunications network;
an application server in communication with said telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to the one or more users participating in the interactive application session; and
at least one mobile client device in communication with said application server over said telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users, the at least one mobile client device including;
a local modeler for comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information; and
a client state manager for structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over said telecommunications network, wherein the client state manager structures the changed state information based on degrees of freedom associated with the interactive application.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user'"'"'s unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system of the present invention may comprise a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method of the present invention may comprise the steps of structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network; and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more users unique view of the interactive application and global state information, the system comprising:
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a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with said telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to the one or more users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with said application server over said telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users, the at least one mobile client device including; a local modeler for comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information; and a client state manager for structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over said telecommunications network, wherein the client state manager structures the changed state information based on degrees of freedom associated with the interactive application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An interactive application server for managing global state information related to an interactive application relative to local state information received from one or more mobile client devices over a wireless communications network during an interactive application session, comprising:
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communication means for receiving the local state information from each of the one or more mobile client devices; a global modeler for comparing the received local state information with the global state information and updating the global state information; and a server state manager for structuring the updated global state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network, wherein the server state manager structures the updated global state information based on degrees of freedom associated with the interactive application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile client device for managing local state information related to an interactive application relative to global state information maintained by an application server during an interactive application session between one or more users over a wireless communications network, comprising:
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a local modeler for comparing the local state information to the global state information, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information; a client state manager for structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over the wireless communications network; and a communication manager for delivering the structured changed state information to the application server over the wireless communications network, wherein the client state manager structures the changed state information based on degrees of freedom associated with the interactive application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of one or more mobile client devices operated by the one or more users and global state information maintained at an application server, the method comprising:
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comparing the local state information to the global state information at each of the mobile client devices, wherein differences between the local state information and the global state information comprise changed state information; structuring the changed state information for optimized delivery over a wireless communications network, including determining an initial set of instructions for describing the changed state information based on at least one system parameter and mapping at least one degree of freedom associated with the interactive application to the initial set of instructions; delivering the structured changed state information to the application server over the wireless communications network; and updating the global state information based on the structured changed state information received from each of the mobile client devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for managing the transfer of state information for an interactive application between at least one mobile client device and a mobile game server over a telecommunications network, comprising:
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structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network, including; determining an initial set of instructions necessary to render the state information over the telecommunications network; minimizing the initial set of instructions to achieve an efficient configuration of the state information; and mapping degrees of freedom to the minimized set of instructions; and transferring the structured state information over the telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method of managing the transfer of state information for an interactive application between at least one mobile client device and a mobile game server over a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network, including; determining an initial set of instructions for describing the state information; mapping at least one degree of freedom associated with the interactive application to the initial set of instructions; and minimizing the number of degrees of freedom to achieve an efficient configuration of the state information; and transferring the structured state information over the telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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