Cloud Game Queueing Background Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users in cloud gaming environments often face frustration due to the uncertainty of maintaining their place in a queue while performing other tasks on their computing device, risking loss of their gaming opportunity if they close the game window.
Innovation Solution
A computing device system that allows users to multitask by hiding the game queue browser without closing it, using a game controller to keep their position in the queue, and displaying queue information, ensuring they do not lose their place, even when performing other activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user closes the game window to perform other tasks, then the user can multitask on the computing device, but the user loses their place in the queue and misses the gaming opportunity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the queue management functionality from the browser window, allowing it to operate independently in the background. The game client maintains queue status through background processes and notifications, separating the queue maintenance function from the visible browser interface, enabling users to close or minimize the window without losing queue position.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through push notifications that inform users of their queue position and gaming opportunity status. This allows users to perform other tasks while receiving real-time updates about their queue status, maintaining reliability without requiring continuous user attention to the browser window.
2Reliability
If the user keeps the game window open to maintain queue position, then the user's place in the queue is preserved, but the user cannot perform other tasks on the computing device
Solution Approach 1:
The game client performs self-service by automatically maintaining queue status in the background without requiring the user to keep the browser window open. The system autonomously monitors queue position, receives updates from the server, and manages the gaming opportunity, freeing the user to perform other tasks while the system handles queue maintenance independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a notification system as an intermediary between the queue management system and the user. This mediator delivers queue status information through push notifications, allowing the user to remain unaware of queue status during multitasking while the system continues to maintain position, bridging the gap between automatic maintenance and user awareness.
3Ease of operation
If the browser is closed to perform other activities, then the user can multitask freely, but the connection to the queue and server is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the queue management functionality that operates independently of the browser window. The game client maintains a local copy of queue status information and continues communicating with the server through background processes, ensuring that queue status information is preserved even when the browser is closed or minimized.
Data Source
AI summary
Some cloud gaming and other remote game environments require a user to wait in a queue before playing a game. During this time, the user may be concerned that they will lose their place in the queue if they close the window displaying the game to do another task on the computing device. If the user decides to do something away from the computing device while waiting in the queue, it is possible that the user will be unaware when they progress out of the queue and miss their opportunity to play the game. This can be a frustrating experience for the user. The embodiments presented herein can be used to address this situation.