Reverse Path Feedback for Wireless Multicast Gaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless multicasting technologies do not allow end users to dynamically modify multi-media content delivered on the forward path via feedback from their devices, resulting in a static user interface with no interactivity or feedback, limiting network efficiency and user engagement in multi-player gaming applications.
Innovation Solution
The Gaming System With Reverse Path Feedback enables dynamic modification of forward path content through aggregated real-time feedback from end users, using a reverse path architecture that processes user input to modify and deliver updated content in a continuous loop, allowing end users to influence the game experience and communicate privately within sub-groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wireless multicasting is used to deliver multi-media content to multiple end users simultaneously, then network efficiency and bandwidth utilization are improved, but user interactivity and feedback capability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments communication into two distinct paths: forward path for efficient multicast content delivery to multiple users, and reverse path for individual user feedback and control signals. This segmentation allows simultaneous achievement of network efficiency through multicast and user interactivity through dedicated feedback channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming device acts as an intermediary between the wireless multicast network and the end user, receiving multicast content forward path signals and enabling reverse path feedback signals from the user back to the network, thus bridging the gap between efficient broadcasting and interactive control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated connections are provided for each player in multi-player games, then user interactivity and feedback capability are improved, but network efficiency and delivery efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple user connections into a single wireless multicast forward path for content delivery, while maintaining separate reverse path channels for individual user feedback. This combining approach achieves network efficiency through shared forward path resources while preserving user interactivity through dedicated feedback channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless multicast forward path serves as a universal delivery mechanism for all players simultaneously, replacing multiple dedicated forward connections. This multi-functional approach allows single channel to serve multiple users for content delivery while individual reverse paths handle player-specific interactions.
3Productivity
If static multi-media content is delivered via wireless broadcast, then network efficiency is improved, but user engagement and dynamic modification capability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback loops where user inputs and control signals transmitted via reverse path are processed to dynamically modify the multi-media content delivered on the forward path. This feedback mechanism enables real-time content adaptation while maintaining network efficiency through continued use of wireless multicast for content delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms static multi-media content into dynamic content that can be modified in real-time based on user feedback. The forward path delivers content that can be dynamically adjusted through reverse path user inputs, creating an adaptive gaming experience while maintaining efficient wireless multicast delivery.
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AI summary
The present Gaming Device For Multi-Player Games provides the end user with a private bidirectional link to the gaming site to enter their moves, to optionally receive private data from the gaming site to enable the end user's device to display private data that is hidden from the other players, and to communicate privately with another member or members of a sub-group. The Gaming Device For Multi-Player Games comprises a content display for displaying content that is transmitted to the plurality of end users on the unidirectional forward path, a plurality of controls for enabling an end user to generate data for transmission to at least one of the multicasting system and the plurality of end users, and a message display for displaying end user private communications received at the end user device.