Patent ID: 8825765

Claim:
A system comprising: a first game server configured to provide a multi-player game to a first user device associated with a first category of user device; a second game server configured to provide the multi-player game to a second user device associated with a second category of user device, wherein the first category of user device is different from the second category of user device, and wherein the first and second category of user device are each selected from the group consisting of personal computers, cellular telephones, set top boxes, and handheld computers; and a game manager configured to receive a request for the multi-player game from each of the first and second user devices and to assign the request from the first user device to the first game server and the request from the second user device to the second game server, and wherein the first game server selectively provides, according to a first set of connection parameters associated with the first category of user device, a media stream of the multi-player game to the first user device while the second game server selectively provides, according to a second set of connection parameters associated with the second category of user device, a media stream of the game to the second user device to initiate the multi-player game between a user of the first user device and a user of the second user device based at least in part on the first and second sets of connection parameters and the first and second categories of user devices.