Resource allocation to game titles in a remote gaming environment

US9628332B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• John Bruno · Snoqualmie, US
• Donald McNamara · Woodinville, US
• Ashok Chandrasekaran · Redmond, US
• Christopher Lane Boedigheimer · Redmond, US
• Per-Ola Anders Orvendal · Carnation, US
• Joseph Cusimano · Carnation, US
• Scott Q. Longstreet · Maple Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/148
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention monitor and dynamically allocate computing resources to a game service. A game service provides a remote gaming environments to which users connect over a wide area network, such as the internet. A game session runs a single instance of a game title. The game session runs the video game code responsible for creating the playing experience for the users. In another embodiment, the number of active game sessions is monitored and computing resources are allocated dynamically as the number of sessions increases or decreases.