Patent ID: 9623326
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A63F,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of operation for a hosting service system comprising one or more hosting service centers that include a plurality of servers executing one or more twitch video games or real-time applications, the servers generating one or more streams of uncompressed streaming interactive video therefrom, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a particular hosting service center, a communication over a network from a client device, the communication including a request to play a selected twitch video game or real-time application, the client device being associated with a user and located geographically remote to the particular hosting service center, executing, at the particular hosting service center, the selected twitch video game or real-time application on one or more of the servers, thereby generating an uncompressed streaming interactive video stream; compressing, at the particular hosting service center, the uncompressed streaming interactive video stream, thereby producing a compressed streaming interactive video stream; and transmitting the compressed streaming interactive video stream to the client device over a packetized network, the compressed streaming interactive video stream being compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency of 90 ms, from a user control input to display of a response to the user control input on the client device of the user, over a transmission distance of up to 1500 miles.