System of mobile online game and method for communicating between mobile game terminals

• US 8,353,771 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Issued: 01/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jiao, Jingmin, Liu, Qian, Zhong, Jieping, Huang, Hongsen, Tang, Jie, Zhang, Yupeng, Chen, Shaobing
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuff, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin Y
• Application Number:
  US11/615,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20070265067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,216 Days
• Field of Search: 463/42
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a mobile online game system which includes a first mobile game terminal, a second mobile game terminal and a game platform, and the first mobile game terminal acquires a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal from the game platform, creates a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal, and communicates with the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection. An embodiment of the present invention discloses as well a method for communicating between mobile game terminals. Because of the adoption of a P2P connection between the mobile game terminals for communicating, the forwarding of data interaction between the mobile game terminals by the game platform in the related art is avoided, so that the rate and efficiency of data interaction between the mobile game terminals are improved, and the data processing burden on the game platform is released.

Claims

1. A mobile online game system comprising a first mobile game terminal, a second mobile game terminal and a game platform, wherein

the first mobile game terminal is configured to (i) send identifier (ID) information of the second mobile game terminal to the game platform, acquire a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication address of the second mobile game terminal from the game platform, (ii) create a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal, after the P2P connection is created, determine whether data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, if the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, (iii) send the data to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, otherwise, send the data to the game platform, and (iv) receive communication data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection;

and

the game platform is configured to (i) store P2P registration information of mobile game terminals, and wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises the P2P communication addresses of the mobile game terminals, (ii) get the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal received from the first mobile game terminal, and (iii) return the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

2. The mobile online game system of claim 1, wherein the P2P registration information further comprises authentication information of the mobile game terminals;

the game platform is further configured to determine that the first mobile game terminal has a right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P registration information, and return the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

3. The mobile online game system of claim 1, wherein

the first mobile game terminal is further configured to, if determined that the data generated by the game operation is communication data or the data generated by the game operation carries information representing that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, determine the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, send the data generated by the game operation to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and receive data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

4. A method for communicating between mobile game terminals, comprising:

sending, by a first mobile game terminal, a P2P connection creating request to a game platform, where the P2P connection creating request comprises ID information of the first mobile game terminal and ID information of a second mobile game terminal, such that the game platform acquires the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal upon receiving the P2P connection creating request according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal;

receiving, by the first mobile game terminal, a response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal returned by the game platform;

creating, by the first mobile game terminal, a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal; and

after the P2P connection is created, determining, by the first mobile game terminal, whether data generated by a game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection;

if the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, sending the data to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection; and

otherwise, sending the data to the game platform; and

receives communication data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of acquiring by the game platform the P2P communication address upon receiving the P2P connection creating request and returning to the first mobile game terminal the response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal further comprises:

determining, by the game platform, that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal upon receiving the P2P connection creating request, and returning an authentication success response containing the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of determining that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal comprises:

acquiring P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal for P2P connection; and

upon determining that the P2P registration information contains record information representing that the second mobile game terminal is willing to create the P2P connection with the first mobile game terminal, determining that the first mobile game terminal has right to create the P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of sending by the first mobile game terminal the P2P connection creating request to the game platform comprises:

sending, by the first mobile game terminal, the P2P connection creating request to the game platform upon receiving a P2P connection creating instruction.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the first mobile game terminal, that data generated by a game operation needs to be transmitted to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and sending the data to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the process of determining that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection further comprises:

upon determining that the data carries information representing that the data needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, determining that the data needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of determining that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection further comprises:

upon determining that the data generated by the game operation carries information representing that the data needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection or the data generated by the game operation is communication data, determining that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection.

16. A computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code means to execute the steps of the method for communication between mobile game terminals according to claim 4.

17. A computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code means to execute the steps of the method for communication between mobile game terminals according to claim 5.

11. A mobile game terminal, comprising a game application unit and a P2P application unit, wherein

the game application unit is configured to send identifier (ID) information of a second mobile game terminal to a game platform and send a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to a P2P application unit;

and

the P2P application unit is configured to create a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal received from the game application unit,

after the P2P connection is created, the game application unit is further configured to determine whether data generated by a game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, if determined that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, send the data to the P2P application unit which is configured to perform data interaction between mobile game terminals via the P2P connection, and otherwise, send the data generated by the game operation to the game platform; and

the P2P application unit is further configured to send the data received from the game application unit to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, receive data from the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and send the data received from the second mobile game terminal to the game application unit.

12. A game platform, comprising:

a Mobile Game Platform unit (MGP), configured to send ID information of a second mobile game terminal and send a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to a first mobile game terminal;

a database, configured to store P2P registration information of mobile game terminals, wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises the P2P communication addresses of the mobile game terminals; and

a P2P management unit, configured to get from the database the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal received from the MGP, and return the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the MGP.

13. The game platform of claim 12, wherein the P2P management unit comprises:

a database query unit, configured to read the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal from the database according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, and return the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the MGP.

14. The game platform of claim 12, wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises authentication information of the mobile game terminals;

the P2P management unit further comprises;

an authentication interface unit, configured to read from the database P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, determine that the first mobile game terminal has right to create a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal, and get the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal.

15. The game platform of claim 14, wherein the P2P management unit further comprises:

a database query unit, configured to receive a query instruction sent by the authentication interface unit, read from the database the P2P registration information of the second mobile game terminal, and send the P2P registration information to the authentication interface unit.

18. A computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code means which when executed by a computer unit enables the computer unit to:

send identifier (ID) information of a second mobile game terminal to a game platform;

create a P2P connection with the second mobile game terminal according to the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal;

after the P2P connection is created, determine whether data generated by a game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection; and

if determined that the data generated by the game operation needs to be transmitted via the P2P connection, send the data generated by the game operation to the second mobile game terminal via the P2P connection, and otherwise, send the data generated by the game operation to the game platform.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, comprising computer program code means which when executed by computer unit enables the computer unit to:

receive identifier (ID) information of a second mobile game terminal from a first mobile game terminal, send the ID information of the second mobile game terminal, and send a P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the first mobile game terminal;

store P2P registration information of mobile game terminals in a database, wherein the P2P registration information of mobile game terminals comprises the P2P communication addresses of the mobile game terminals; and

get from the database the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal according to the ID information of the second mobile game terminal received from the MGP, and return the P2P communication address of the second mobile game terminal to the MGP.