Video game session management on non-fixed computer hosting topologies

US12350592B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth Beony Lin · Seattle, US
• Joseph Richard Thompson · Austin, US
• Jonathan Robert Bush · Olalla, US
• Alexander Lambertus Eusman · Seattle, US
• Joshua Joseph Clark · Seattle, US
• Brian Francis Lee · Seattle, US
• Brian James Schuster · Seattle, US
• Xiaoshu Lu · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/531
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A request to create a game fleet may be received by a game session management service. The game session management service may manage a fixed host fleet type and a non-fixed host fleet type, wherein the fixed host fleet type allows game server execution only on a fixed host topology of a computing service provider affiliated with the game session management service, and wherein the non-fixed host fleet type allows game server execution on any host topology. The request may indicate that the first game fleet has the non-fixed host fleet type. A host registration request to register a host to the first game fleet may be received. A process registration request to register a game server process executing on the host may be received. The game session management service may communicate with the game server process executing on the host via a designated communications interface.