Method and system for mediating interactive services over a wireless communications network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- facilitating interactive communications services to a plurality of users using a plurality of user communications devices via a communications server over a wireless network;
detecting degradation in performance of the interactive communications services between two or more of the plurality of user communications devices;
requesting, after a predetermined temporal period, state information from at least two of the plurality of user communications devices, wherein the state information is indicative of the degradation;
receiving data indicative of the requested state information and detecting, using the requested stated information, differences in degradation between a first and a second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices;
alleviating a perception of the degradation between the first and the second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices by smoothing the interactive communications services at one of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices if the differences exceed a given threshold;
identifying a skill level associated with said communications services of at least one of said plurality of users; and
communicating said identified skill level to at least one other of said plurality of users.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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facilitating interactive communications services to a plurality of users using a plurality of user communications devices via a communications server over a wireless network; detecting degradation in performance of the interactive communications services between two or more of the plurality of user communications devices; requesting, after a predetermined temporal period, state information from at least two of the plurality of user communications devices, wherein the state information is indicative of the degradation; receiving data indicative of the requested state information and detecting, using the requested stated information, differences in degradation between a first and a second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices; alleviating a perception of the degradation between the first and the second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices by smoothing the interactive communications services at one of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices if the differences exceed a given threshold; identifying a skill level associated with said communications services of at least one of said plurality of users; and communicating said identified skill level to at least one other of said plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
a communication server coupled to a plurality of user communication devices over a wireless network, wherein the communication server is capable of; facilitating interactive communications services to a plurality of users using the plurality of user communications devices; detecting degradation in performance of the interactive communications services between two or more of the plurality of user communications devices; requesting, after a predetermined temporal period, state information from at least two of the plurality of user communications devices, wherein the state information is indicative of the degradation; receiving data indicative of the requested state information and detecting, using the requested stated information, differences in degradation between a first and a second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices; alleviating a perception of the degradation between the first and the second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices by smoothing the interactive communications services at one of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices if the differences exceed a given threshold; identifying a skill level associated with said communications services of at least one of said plurality of users; and communicating said identified skill level to at least one other of said plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform one or more operations comprising:
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facilitating interactive communications services to a plurality of users using a plurality of user communications devices via a communications server over a wireless network; detecting degradation in performance of the interactive communications services between two or more of the plurality of user communications devices; requesting, after a predetermined temporal period, state information from at least two of the plurality of user communications devices, wherein the state information is indicative of the degradation; receiving data indicative of the requested state information and detecting, using the requested stated information, differences in degradation between a first and a second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices; alleviating a perception of the degradation between the first and the second of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices by smoothing the interactive communications services at one of the at least two of the plurality of user communications devices if the differences exceed a given threshold; identifying a skill level associated with said communications services of at least one of said plurality of users; and communicating said identified skill level to at least one other of said plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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