Patent ID: 7421471
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically configuring an online session of a multi-user application, comprising: establishing an online session of a multi-user application, the online session including at least two computers that are each executing an instance of the multi-user application and that are communicatively linked over a computer network; setting the online session of the multi-user application in a first communication configuration type in which the computers communicate with each other; and during the online session, changing the communication configuration type of the online session from the first configuration type to a second communication configuration type that differs from the first communication configuration type, wherein the change in communication configuration type is based on a state of the established communication connections for the online session, the changing of the communication configuration type is by changing the communication protocol by selecting a new port or network socket through which an instance of the application communicates over the computer network.