Value-based game session placements

US11583778B2 · 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: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N5/02
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

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