Google Inc.

Saif Khalaf

Haochen Liu

Sam Cheung

Justin Bischoff

Catherine Hsiao

Kristie Fisher

Mingjie Chen

Matthew Vera

Robert McCool

Gurudas Somadder

Dov Shimon Zimring

Avery Pennarun

Neal Douglas Cardwell

Jani Huoponen

Kuangye Guo

Soheil Hassas Yeganeh

Robert Mccool

The disclosed subject matter enables a user to construct a selectable link to invite others to launch directly into a same session of a multi-user application, such as a game or party. The inviting user may construct the link without ever launching the multi-user application. Subsequently, both the inviting and invited users may share the link with others using any conventional form of electronic communication.

Invitation link for launching multi-user applications

A method performed at an electronic device includes: executing an application; establishing a session between the executing application, a remote server associated with the application, and a media device that transmits output from the session to an output device, wherein the output from the session includes output from the executing application; and presenting to users of one or more second electronic devices on which the application is not executing and/or installed a session identifier associated with the session, wherein the session identifier facilitates joining of the session by the second electronic devices and identifies a controller configuration implementable on each of the one or more second electronic devices for enabling the users of the one or more second electronic devices to interact with the session.

Network impairment simulation framework for verification of real time interactive media streaming systems

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Saif Khalaf