Patent ID: 9446306
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A63F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for local multiplayer gaming comprising a plurality of mobile devices including an individual mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices designated as a server device and other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices designated as client devices, wherein the client devices include more than two mobile devices, each mobile device comprising: a display; at least one local network interface for communication with each of the other mobile devices; and a processor programmed for wherein each individual mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices is configured to overhear a command or information transmitted by each of the other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices to the server device or to an individual client device and direct-input render on the display of each mobile device a game situation corresponding directly to the overheard command or information, wherein a command or information transmitted by the server to an individual client device or by an individual client device to the server device or to another individual client device is overhearable by each of the other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices that are not the recipient of the transmitted command or information, and wherein a game situation directly corresponding to the overheard command or information is direct-input renderable on the display of each of the plurality of mobile devices.