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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Microsoft Corporation Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
John Raymond Justice, Bellevue, WA (US);
Euan Peter Garden, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, methods and systems for intelligent streaming of game content based on the level of interactivity of the game content are provided. The level of interactivity of game content is determined using techniques that classify the level of interactivity. The level of interactivity is defined for different components of game content. Streaming techniques are associated with game content having specific levels of interactivity. An edge computing infrastructure may facilitate intelligent streaming in that game assets classified as prefetch game assets or stream game assets are associated with prefetch instructions. The prefetch instructions are communicated from a game server to a game platform to instruct the game platform to prefetch a prefetch game asset to the edge computing infrastructure in advance of an anticipated game context in which the prefetch game asset is used. During the anticipated game context, the assets are retrieved for output at the game platform.