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`United States Patent
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`[11] Patent Number:
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`[45] Date of Patent:
`Sep. 24, 1996
`Perlman
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`[54] NETWORK ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT
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`RECORDING AND pLAYBACK on
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`REAL-TIME VIDEO GAMES
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`Inventor: Stephen G. Perlman, 721 Tiana La,
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`Mountain View, Calif. 94041
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`Appl. No.: 238,303
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`Filed:
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`Primary Examiner—Jessica J. Harrison
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zaf-
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`An apparatus and system for recording and rcplaying the
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`interaction between a plurality of players of a video game is
`disclosed. The system of the present invention includes a
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`between a plurality of players of a video game, the computer
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`client application software executing in the computer, the
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`executing on the computer; b) processing logic for connect—
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`Petitioner Riot Games, Inc. - Ex. 1030, p. 13
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`1) US. patent application Ser. No. 08/238,630, Filed May
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`5, 1994, and rifled, “AN IMPROVED NETWORK
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`5, 1994, and titled, “AN IMPROVED MODEM TO
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`4) US. patent application Ser. No. 08/254,154, Filed Jun.
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`6, 1994, and titled, “IMPROVED VIDEO GAME
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`ENHANCER WITH INTEGRAL MODEM AND
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
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`This invention is in the field of telecommunications, as it
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`relates to interactive, multi-player computer games.
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`2. Description of Related Art
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`From the very first video games to those of today, many
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`video games have been designed to be played by two or
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`more players simultaneously. Perhaps the very first video
`game, “Pong,” by ATARI'I'M, Inc. involved two simultaneous
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`players, each player located near the game console, and
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`controlling one of the “paddles” to control an object on the
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`Today, two decades later, several of the “Top Ten” home
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`video games are designed for two or more players. Among
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`them are MORTAL
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`by “ELECTRONIC ARTS'I'M”,
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`GENESISTM” video game system and the “SUPER NIN—
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`TENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMTM” video game
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`system. Like the Pong game of long ago, these new games
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`involve two or more players located near the game console
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`and each holding a “game controller.”
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`In recent years there have also been several examples of
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`two-player games that are played remotely through a phone
`line without both players being in the same location.
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`Examples 01' such games are F—l4 COBRAW, which is
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`designed for “MACINTOSHTM” computers equipped with a
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`modern and “BALLZTM” by RF. MAGICTM, Inc. which is
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`designed for Sega Genesis video game systems equipped
`with a modem. Such games function by having one copy of
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`the game being played running on a game console (or
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`personal computer) at each location. Synchronization infor-
`mation is passed along with game controller data through the
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`modern (along with possibly additional sound or data), and
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`the game runs synchronously at the two locations. Even
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`Petitioner Riot Games, Inc. - EX. 1030, p. 24
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`phone network to make an arbitrary pairing of players, one
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`be far more popular. As it turns out, however, without an
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`on-line service hosting many simultaneous users, it is rather
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`difficult to find a partner to play a multi-player game. The ~
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`reason for this can be easily understood: If a given PlaycrA.
`sits down to play a remote multiplayer game, the following
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`conditions must be true in order for PlayerAto find a second ’
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`Player B. First, Player A must know Player B’s phone
`number (or vice—versa). Secondly, Player B must be avail—
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`able and willing to play the game at the same time. Thirdly,
`Player B must have the same video game and, most likely,
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`the same video game systcmrtor personal computer).
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`In addition, the following condit