Apparatus and method for matching users for online sessions

摘要

An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for establishing peer-to-peer (“P2P”) communication channels. In particular, in one embodiment, a matchmaker service performs a series of operations to service match requests received from a group of mobile devices. In one embodiment, the matchmaker service groups the match requests into matchable sets based on the application for which the requests are received and one or more variables associated with the application. Match requests within each match set can then be matched based on variables such as the NAT type, connection type and language associated with each of the mobile devices. Other variables such as geographical location, experience level, and age of the match requests may also be used to render match decisions.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for establishing peer-to-peer (“P2P”) communication between mobile devices comprising:
receiving a plurality of match requests from a plurality of mobile devices, each of the match requests including application data indicating a particular application for which a match is being requested and further including network configuration data indicating a network configuration for each of the plurality of mobile devices; determining match fits for groups of the plurality of mobile devices, the match fits based, at least in part, on the network configuration data of the mobile devices; generating matches for two or more mobile devices based on both the application data and the match fits determined for the mobile devices; determining an age of each of the match request; and adjusting the match fit for potential matches between two or more mobile devices based on the age of each of the match requests.