Methods, systems, and products for control of gaming applications

摘要

Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, an electronic request sent from a client device, the electronic request requesting to resume a gaming software application played over the Internet, the gaming software application associated with an Internet protocol address associated with a different client device; retrieving, by the server, a bookmark associated with the Internet protocol address, the bookmark identifying a logical location from which the gaming software application was previously paused during play over the Internet by the different client device; and sending, from the server, the bookmark to a network address associated with the client device, the bookmark allowing the client device to resume the play of the gaming software application over the Internet from the logical location.