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US8926435B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8926435-B2
Application numberUS-201113231810-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 13, 2011
Priority dateDec 15, 2008
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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Abstract

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A computing system is configured to execute a computer program on a server and to provide a video stream of the program output to a geographically remote client over a communication network. The computing system is further configured to provide executable content of the computer program to the client over the communication network in parallel with the video stream. When a sufficient amount of the executable content has been provided to the client execution of the computer program is transitioned from the server to the client. The transition optionally includes communicating a state of the computer program from the server to the client. The executable content can be provided to the client in an order that is determined based on the state of the computer program. Those parts of the executable content deemed most likely to be necessary to support game play on the client are given priority.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing a computer game, the method comprising: executing game logic on a video server, to generate a server-generated video stream based on a game state of a game session defined between a game server and the video server; providing the server-generated video stream from the video server to a client over a communication network; presenting the server-generated video stream on the client; providing executable game code to the client in pa…

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What does patent US8926435B2 cover?
A computing system is configured to execute a computer program on a server and to provide a video stream of the program output to a geographically remote client over a communication network. The computing system is further configured to provide executable content of the computer program to the client over the communication network in parallel with the video stream. When a sufficient amount of t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Perry David, Gault Andrew Buchanan, Pereira Rui Filipe Andrade, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A63F13/12. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).