Patent Document ID: 20100240459
Application ID: 12408818
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A simulation system comprising: a plurality of player consoles configured to allow a plurality of players to provide input to the simulation system and further configured to display input received from the simulation system; a network connection to interconnect the plurality of player consoles; a server connected to the network the server comprising: a processor in communication with the network connection; a computer readable storage medium in communication with the processor and the network connection, the computer readable storage medium comprising: a simulation engine module executable on the processor, the simulation engine module operable to receive input from the plurality of player consoles, and to generate a first simulation environment, the simulation engine module having a state corresponding to the state of the first simulation environment; a simulation data file module executable on the processor, the simulation data file module operable to read out to a first simulation data file the state of the simulation engine module and the input from the player consoles; a video rendering module executable on the processor, the video rendering module operable to generate a representation of the first simulation environment that is displayable on the plurality of player consoles; and a regeneration module executable on the processor, the regeneration module operable to regenerate a second simulation at a regeneration point based on the first simulation data file corresponding to the regeneration point; and wherein the regeneration module causes the simulation data file module to read out to a second simulation data file the state of the simulation engine module and the input from the player consoles.