EP2724248A4 - Persistent party rooms - Google Patents

Persistent party rooms

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Publication number
EP2724248A4
EP2724248A4 EP12875762.2A EP12875762A EP2724248A4 EP 2724248 A4 EP2724248 A4 EP 2724248A4 EP 12875762 A EP12875762 A EP 12875762A EP 2724248 A4 EP2724248 A4 EP 2724248A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
persistent party
party rooms
rooms
persistent
party
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Ceased
Application number
EP12875762.2A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2724248A1 (en
Inventor
Mark Fortuna
Hai Jie Hewu
Mohammed Aafaq Khan
Scott Kirkland
Yasutaka Miwa
Christopher Reese
Ramana Bangalore Prakash
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc
Original Assignee
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc filed Critical Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
Publication of EP2724248A1 publication Critical patent/EP2724248A1/en
Publication of EP2724248A4 publication Critical patent/EP2724248A4/en
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4781—Games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • A63F13/33—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • A63F13/35—Details of game servers
    • A63F13/352—Details of game servers involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/70—Game security or game management aspects
    • A63F13/79—Game security or game management aspects involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
    • A63F13/795—Game security or game management aspects involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/85—Providing additional services to players
    • A63F13/87—Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/16—Arrangements for providing special services to substations
    • H04L12/18—Arrangements for providing special services to substations for broadcast or conference, e.g. multicast
    • H04L12/1813—Arrangements for providing special services to substations for broadcast or conference, e.g. multicast for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms
    • H04L12/1818—Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
EP12875762.2A 2012-05-03 2012-05-03 Persistent party rooms Ceased EP2724248A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US2012/036371 WO2013165427A1 (en) 2012-05-03 2012-05-03 Persistent party rooms

Publications (2)

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EP2724248A1 EP2724248A1 (en) 2014-04-30
EP2724248A4 true EP2724248A4 (en) 2015-08-19

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Family Applications (1)

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EP12875762.2A Ceased EP2724248A4 (en) 2012-05-03 2012-05-03 Persistent party rooms

Country Status (4)

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EP (1) EP2724248A4 (en)
JP (1) JP6147331B2 (en)
CN (1) CN103765405B (en)
WO (1) WO2013165427A1 (en)

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WO2009010958A2 (en) * 2007-07-13 2009-01-22 Snooggie Ltd. A system and method for providing asynchronous instant messaging over http
US20090106376A1 (en) * 2007-10-23 2009-04-23 Allen Tom Persistent group-based instant messaging

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CN103765405A (en) 2014-04-30
CN103765405B (en) 2017-05-17
WO2013165427A1 (en) 2013-11-07
JP2015525380A (en) 2015-09-03
EP2724248A1 (en) 2014-04-30
JP6147331B2 (en) 2017-06-14

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