Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1998-03-06
2000-11-28
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
463 40, 463 41, 463 29, 700 2, 700 3, 700 8, 700 9, 706908, 706909, 706916, A63F 1300, A63F 924, G06F 1700, G06F 1900
Patent
active
061528242
ABSTRACT:
A networked computer online gaming system and process arranged in a client/server online gaming architecture and utilized to run gaming programs. The client computers are configured to run a gaming client program. The server computers are coupled to the client computers via a network. The server computers run server programs including a master control program (MCP) that governs access of the server programs to the online gaming architecture, a servorum program (SV) for creating instances of a server program, a matchmaker program (MM) that supports rendezvous services, a game instances class server program (GICS) that enables games and provides user to user communication, and game upper level protocol server program (GULP) that supports the user to user communication provided by said GICS.
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Black Norman Robert Henry
Grimm Stephen Michael
Kwiatowski Marc Peter
Rothschild Jeffrey Jackiel
Samuel Daniel Joseph
Harrison Jessica J.
Mpath Interactive, Inc.
Nguyen Binh-An
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