Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Cooperative computer processing
Reexamination Certificate
2002-07-31
2008-09-02
Jaroenchonwanit, Bunjob (Department: 2152)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
Cooperative computer processing
C709S228000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07421471
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a multi-user application that is configured to operate in various network communication configurations and that can dynamically change communication configurations during an online session of the application. One of the network communication configurations is a client-server configuration, wherein network computers, including at least one server computer and at least one client computer, participate in an online session of the application. The server computer serves application-related data to the client computer during the online session. In another communication configuration of the application, the network computers operate in a peer-to-peer configuration wherein the network computers have the ability to both serve data to and receive data from any of the other network computers that are participating in the online session. The application can switch between the communication configurations during an online session, and is not limited to one or the other for all the computers.
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