Patent ID: 6863612

Claim:
An interactive gaming system having customer located equipment and a gaming service provider, the customer located equipment being connected to the gaming service provider through a broadband access network, the customer located equipment including at least one gaming console, the gaming console comprising: a flat memory apace for storing gaming software; a restricted kernel for executing the gaming software on the gaming console, and for making hardware of the gaming console accessible to the gaming software; and a memory in contact with the restricted kernel for storing an ultra-thin client on the gaming console the restricted kernel for executing the ultra thin client software during a same period of time as the gaming software is executed; wherein execution of the ultra-thin client stored in the memory in contact with the restricted kernel establishes a connection between the gaming console and the service provider, controls events taking place on the gaming console according to messages sent to and received from the gaming service provider during execution of the gaming software other than the ultra-thin client, and provides an adaptive platform for a consistent gaming environment.