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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Sony Computer Entertainment America Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Edward Adam Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US);
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for determining the time for a remote computer to begin executing an application downloaded over a network. A portion of the application to begin execution of the application is determined. The portion is less than the entirety of the application. The time to start the application on a remote computer is calculated and displayed. The time to start can be calculated based on an obtained a speed of the network to the remote computer, a time to transmit the portion of the application to the remote computer based on the portion of the application and the obtained connection speed, and a loading time for the portion of the application to load on the remote computer.