Method and system for virtual mobile game session discovery and player matching

摘要

A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker receives a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received via first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices.

主权项

1. A method of establishing a multiparty wireless interactive session using a first game-enabled mobile unit, the first game-enabled mobile unit comprising a first wireless radio and a second wireless radio, method comprising the steps of:
the first game-enabled mobile unit obtaining location information identifying a location of the first game-enabled mobile unit; the first game-enabled mobile unit turning off the first wireless radio in response to obtaining the location information; the first game-enabled mobile unit sending, via the second wireless radio, a session ready message including the location information to a session broker that maintains game player profile information; the first game-enabled mobile unit receiving, via the second wireless radio, a session available message from the session broker based on an identification of a second game-enabled mobile unit within a certain distance of the first game-enabled mobile unit; and in response to receiving the session available message, the first game-enabled mobile unit initiating a session with the second game-enabled mobile unit via the first wireless radio.