Patent ID: 9270733
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A gaming architecture system using a modified form of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast download progress notification system in a client-server architecture that otherwise allows only client initiated messages, the system comprising: one or more clients, wherein each client executes a graphical user interface display; a server having one or more processors, the server connected to the one or more clients via a network, wherein the server identifies download progress notification information that has potential for inclusion in a download progress notification message; a database connected to the server, wherein the server queries the database for a list of clients, wherein the database replies with a list of clients, wherein the server sends download progress notification to all clients on the list using an assigned port number from a UDP broadcast processor, and wherein the download progress notification is presented on the graphical user interface display.