METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NETWORK INTERFACE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate participation in a game in a multiuser environment by retrieving the list of usable games by capsuling access to a lobby server while using any specified object when scalably connecting a lot of users in the multiuser game. SOLUTION: A data processing system 8 has...

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Main Authors BIN KYU GUEN, RICHARD J REDPATH, GENNARO A KUOMO, SUNDEEP K SHINHARU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.11.1998
Edition6
Subjects
AMUSEMENTS
CALCULATING
CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
GAMES
GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES
PHYSICS
SPORTS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
VIDEO GAMES
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate participation in a game in a multiuser environment by retrieving the list of usable games by capsuling access to a lobby server while using any specified object when scalably connecting a lot of users in the multiuser game. SOLUTION: A data processing system 8 has plural networks such as LAN 10 and 32 and through the LAN 10 and 32, plural individual computers 12 and 30 are connected. Besides, the data processing system 8 has a main frame computer 18 and this is connected to a storage device 20 operable as a remote storage mechanism for the LAN 10. Similarly, the LAN 10 is connected to a subsystem control unit/communication control unit 26 by a communication link 24 and can be connected through a communication link 34 to a gateway server 28. It is preferable that an IWS to be operated for linking the LAN 32 to the LAN 10 is used as the gateway server 28.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19980084842