Patent ID: 8478833
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
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 including a UDP broadcast processor, the server being 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 that have registered for download progress notification by the UDP broadcast processor, wherein the database replies with a list of clients that have registered for download progress notification to the server, wherein the server sends download progress notification to all clients on the list using an assigned port number from the UDP broadcast processor, and wherein the download progress notification is presented on the graphical user interface display.