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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicants:
Kevin Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Semen Kozlov, Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Semen Kozlov, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roblox Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.01); A63F 13/77 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); A63F 13/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.09); A63F 13/77 (2014.09); H04L 67/142 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04N 21/25858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes steps of opening a link between a player's appliance and a network-connected server providing games, selecting a game to play by the player through an interface provided to the player's appliance by the server, transmitting virtual world data by the server to the player's appliance, along with a version identification, storing the virtual world data and associated version identification in a cache at the player's appliance, playing the game by the player using the player's appliance, and suspending play of the game by the player.