Patent ID: 11865450
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for prioritizing generation of image frames, comprising:
receiving a first user input from a client device via a computer network during a play of a game;
predicting a second user input to follow the first user input, the predicting of the second user input uses a game state during the play of the game;
generating, for display on the client device, one or more image frames of the game based on the second user input;
while said generating the one or more image frames based on the second user input, determining whether a third user input is received via the computer network from the client device instead of the second user input that was predicted;
discontinuing said generating the one or more image frames based on the second user input and instead generating one or more image frames based on the third user input when it is determined that the third user input is received, wherein said discontinuing said generating the one or more image frames based on the second user input occurs before the one or more image frames generated based on the second user input are sent; and
sending the one or more image frames generated based on the third user input via the computer network to the client device for display on the client device.