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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11638870 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2021

Systems and methods for low-latency initialization of streaming applications

Applicant:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qunshu Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Xiaoxing Zhu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Yangpeng Ou, Redmond, WA (US);

Qi Ding, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jason T Yen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/48 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.01); A63F 13/49 (2014.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/145 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 13/352 (2014.09); A63F 13/48 (2014.09); A63F 13/49 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.05); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 67/145 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); A63F 2300/538 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5546 (2013.01); A63F 2300/636 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a video game configured to be available to stream from a server within a cloud gaming environment; pre-loading an instance of the video game on the server before receiving a request by a user to stream the video game to a client system; receiving the request by the user to stream the video game; and allocating the pre-loaded instance of the video game to the user for streaming to the client system in response to receiving the request by the user to stream the video game, thereby reducing a latency between the user submitting the request and the video game being ready for the user to stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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