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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Earl Berner, Wylie, TX (US);
Martha Aldaco, Dallas, TX (US);
Tasos Kaiafas, McKinney, TX (US);
Gregory Skasko, Dallas, TX (US);
Earl Berner, Wylie, TX (US);
Martha Aldaco, Dallas, TX (US);
Tasos Kaiafas, McKinney, TX (US);
Gregory Skasko, Dallas, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may operate, for example, according to a method for receiving a request to coordinate execution of a gaming application between a communication device and at least one device remotely located from the communication device, selecting a game rendering server from a plurality of game rendering servers according to a determination of at least one characteristic of the communication device, and instructing the game rendering server to transmit a stream associated with the gaming application responsive to determining that the communication device is unable to execute in whole or in part the gaming application from local computing resources of the communication device. The method can further include coordinating an exchange of first control information and second control information between the communication device and the at least one device. Other embodiments are disclosed.