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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew Fear, Austin, TX (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a method of operating a game system where virtual machines (VM) supporting the game session can be reused by a second user after a first user ends their game session. In another aspect, the VM can be shut down if the number of VMs exceeds a target number of VMs or if an abnormality is detected in the VM. In another aspect, VMs can be instantiated in order to meet a target number of VMs. In another aspect, a software application is disclosed to execute the methods described herein. In another aspect, a game services system is disclosed that can operate a VM group, maintain a status parameter of the instantiated VMs, and service user requests for game sessions.