Patent ID: 11925861
Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a spectator node, game state data from a game simulation node hosting an online game for one or more players, wherein the game state data includes at least part of a game state of the online game hosted by the game simulation node for the one or more players;
rendering, at the spectator node and based at least in part on the game state data, a media stream including one or more of image data and video data of a spectator view for a spectator device of a spectator, wherein the media stream is rendered by a rendering thread;
output the media stream to the spectator device;
receive a request to spectate the online game from an additional spectator device;
instantiate an additional rendering thread associated with the additional spectator device;
render, by the additional rending thread at the spectator node, an additional media stream including an additional spectator view; and
outputting the additional medial stream to the additional spectator device.