Patent ID: 6947761

Claim:
A system for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information, the system comprising: a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with said telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with said application server over said telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users, wherein said telecommunications network comprises a wireless communications network, comprising at least one base station, at least one base station controller, and at least one mobile switching center, wherein said application, server further comprises: communication means for receiving the local state information from said at least one mobile client device; a global modeler for comparing the received local state information with the global state information and updating the global state information; a server state manager for structuring the updated global state information for optimized delivery over said wireless communications network, wherein said server state manager structures the updated global state information based upon degrees of freedom associated with the interactive application; and wherein said communication means delivers the updated global state information to said at least one mobile client device.