Value-based streaming instance assignment

US11504617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey Scott Pare · Seattle, US
• Joseph Richard Thompson · Austin, US
• Bruce Erwin Brown · Seattle, US
• Alexander Lambertus Eusman · Seattle, US
• Brian James Schuster · Seattle, US
• Christopher David Byskal · Issaquah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2009/45595
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A game-streaming service of a service provider network is configured to assign virtual machine (VM) instances to game streaming requests using a value-based approach. In order to assign a VM instance to a game streaming request for streaming a game to a client device of a player associated with the game streaming request, the game-streaming service may determine one or more attributes of the game streaming request, such as player attributes and/or game attributes. The game-streaming service may also determine available VM instances allocated to a subscriber associated with the game streaming request, which may be located across disparate geographical regions. A value(s) may be determined based on the attributes of the game streaming request, and the value(s) may be used to select one of the available VM instances for streaming the game as part of a corresponding game session.