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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Ho Ming Chung, Hong Kong, CN;
Wing Kei Ip, Hong Kong, CN;
Fucom Company, Ltd., North Point, CN;
Abstract
A system and method for real time data exchange which includes a game server having a multi-threaded, multi-processing operating system is and located at an ISP head end. The game server is equipped with a back end communication system for full duplex communications over the Internet. The system employs a plurality of personal computers each having means for connecting to the internet and logging onto the game server together with a plurality of handheld game playing devices each having a data communications link to one of the personal computers. Each of the personal computers has a first component of game software operating thereon. The game server has a second component of game software operating thereon and a game database operating thereon. The second component of game software includes first, second, third and fourth process threads, the first process thread is operable for receiving uplink communication packets to register and log in to the game database on the game server from each of the handheld game playing device through the data communications link and the Internet. The second process thread is operable for sending downlink communication packets to specific game software on any one of the personal computers. The third process thread is operable for receiving uplink communication packets from specific game software on each of the personal computers. A fourth process thread is operable for sending downlink communication packets to any one of the handheld game playing devices that include data from the game database.