Discovery and distribution of game session information

US7803052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Boyd C. Multerer · Seattle, US
• Darren L. Anderson · Bellevue, US
• Mark D. VanAntwerp · Redmond, US
• Dinarte R. Morais · Redmond, US
• Paul E. Newson · Gatineau, CA
• Mitsuo Koikawa · Minato, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F13/335
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Discovery and distribution of game session security information includes receiving a request to generate a new game session from a computing device and maintaining a record of a game session identifier for the new game session and a game session key for the new game session, and making the new game session available for other computing devices to join. A request for information describing one or more of a plurality of game sessions may also be received and responded to with the information describing the one or more game sessions as well as a session key that can be used to communicate with at least one of the one or more other computing devices that are part of the game session.