Patent ID: 9561438
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A63F,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for realizing multi-party interactive communication for a multi-user computer game, comprising: providing a plurality of mobile terminals, each of the plurality of mobile terminals having both a server module that functions as a game server and a client module that functions as a game client; wherein one mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals of the multi-party interactive communication functions as a game server; in response to initiation of a session of the game on a first mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal determining whether a second mobile terminal, accessible to the first mobile terminal via direct wireless communication, has already been designated as the server for the game session; responsive to determining that the second mobile terminal has already been designated as the server for the game session, the first mobile terminal being registered with the second mobile terminal as a client for the game session; responsive to determining that no second mobile terminal has already been designated as the server for the game session: in response to determining that the gaming data is destined for a client in a third mobile terminal, then the first mobile terminal forwarding the gaming data toward the third mobile terminal via a direct wireless communication link.