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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger Van Der Laan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger van der Laan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
OL2, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request by a hosting service center from a remote user to loin a multiplayer interactive twitch game or application already in progress, the multiplayer interactive twitch game or application running on a first server of the hosting service center and being played remotely by other players via first compressed streaming interactive video. Following a determination that the user may join the multiplayer interactive twitch game or application based on a set of criteria, an inbound routing network transfers control signals received from the remote user to the first server. Compression of the first compressed streaming interactive video is then synchronized as between the remote user and the other players such that the remote user has the perception that the multiplayer interactive twitch game or application is responding instantly to the request.