Patent ID: 9421465
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for providing more efficient remote storage and retrieval of user data required for initiating an online gaming session, the method comprising: storing, at a remote data store, user data which comprises a plurality of user specific data stores, wherein each of the plurality of user specific data stores includes general user data that is not specific to any game and game specific user data that is specific to one or more games; receiving at a connection server, a request by a particular gamer to initiate a gaming service session; assigning one or more gaming servers to provide the gaming service for the particular gamer, changing the state of each of the assigned one or more gaming servers to a used state that is specific to the particular gamer; providing by the assigned one or more gaming servers in the used state, the requested gaming service session to the particular gamer by performing the following: