EP 1663428 A1 20060607 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING WIRELESS MULTI-PLAYER GAMING WITH A MULTI-PLAYER GAME HUB
Title (en)
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING WIRELESS MULTI-PLAYER GAMING WITH A MULTI-PLAYER GAME HUB
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM STÜTZEN DES DRAHTLOSEN GLÜCKSPIELS MIT MEHREREN SPIELERN MIT SPIELNETZKNOTEN FÜR MEHRERE SPIELER
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF PERMETTANT UNE CONFIGURATION DE JEUX MULTIJOUEURS SANS FIL AVEC UN SERVEUR DE JEUX MULTIJOUEURS
Publication
Application
Priority
IB 0304046 W 20030919
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2005028057A1] The present invention relates to wireless multi-player gaming with mobile game devices. It also relates to a method and a device capable of reducing the communication load of mobile game devices in wireless multi-player gaming. The method of the present invention is provided to support wireless multi-player gaming with a multi-player game hub, wherein in said method said hub is setting up wireless connections to at least two mobile game devices by performing an initialization procedure according to an initialization protocol. These connections form a hub-to all wireless network, wherein each connected game device is wirelessly connected as a slave device in said wireless network. In the method the hub further comprises controlling the transfer of game execution data between said at least two game devices. Thereby a method and a game system is provided to separate the communication load from the game execution load keeping the processing resources of the gaming devices clear for executing the game software in wireless multi-player gaming.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63F 13/12 (2022.01 - EP); A63F 13/30 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/31 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/327 (2014.09 - US); A63F 2300/402 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2300/406 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2300/50 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2005028057A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2005028057 A1 20050331; AU 2003263442 A1 20050411; CN 1838980 A 20060927; EP 1663428 A1 20060607; US 2007093294 A1 20070426; US 2011230269 A1 20110922
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 0304046 W 20030919; AU 2003263442 A 20030919; CN 03827085 A 20030919; EP 03818696 A 20030919; US 201113071294 A 20110324; US 57052603 A 20030919