Patent ID: 7231420
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized server/client gaming arrangement for using a H.323 network for communicating multimedia gaming data between a gaming server and a plurality of gaming clients, wherein the H.323 network is configured to be controlled by a gatekeeper node, wherein the gaming server includes a multi-user shared real-time gaming server application operable on a server node computer having a server node H.323 multimedia call client, and wherein the gaming clients include real-time gaming client applications operable on respective client node computers having respective client node H.323 multimedia call clients, and wherein the server node H.323 multimedia call client includes a server node gaming related protocol enhancement including a respective server node codec, wherein the server node codec is configured to use RTP over UDP packet communication, to encode gaming server output control information into a gaming control information data packet containing a type field, a protocol field, and a data field, and to decode gaming server input data information from a gaming data information data packet containing a type field, a protocol field, and a data field, and wherein the client node H.323 multimedia call clients each include a client node gaming related protocol enhancement including a respective client node codec, wherein the client node codec is configured to use RTP over UDP packet communication, to decode gaming client input control information from the gaming control information data packet, and to encode gaming client output data information into the gaming data information data packet containing a type field, a protocol field, and a data field.