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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.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Mark D. Vanantwerp, Redmond, WA (US);
Boyd C. Multerer, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mark D. VanAntwerp, Redmond, WA (US);
Boyd C. Multerer, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of match making based on proximity measures between devices, a record of distances between groups of network addresses is maintained. This record is then used as a basis for selecting an ordering for online game sessions that is to be returned to a computing device requesting information regarding current online game sessions.