Patent ID: 9526980
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A method of enabling game play over a remote connection using a data input device, the method comprising: receiving, at a client device from a camera, initial controller input for a video game running on a game server that renders at least part of the video game video image, the initial controller input comprising three-dimensional image data; processing the initial controller input on the client device to generate a reduced controller input, wherein the reduced controller input is an environmental delta for objects in an environment described by the three-dimensional image data within the initial controller input, the environmental delta describing changes to an inanimate object in the environment, wherein the initial control input comprises more data than the reduced controller input; communicating over a wide area network the reduced controller input to the game server; and receiving, from the game server, a rendered video that reflects game progress manipulated according to the reduced controller input.