Network delivery of entertainment software

摘要

A system and method for preparing entertainment software for reduced network delivery time includes analyzing entertainment software to identify a first stage implementing a subset of the functionality of the entertainment software such that the first stage is deliverable to an entertainment platform across a network more quickly than the delivery of the entire entertainment software, and preparing the identified first stage for download, such that the identified first stage may be downloaded and used on the entertainment platform.

主权项

1. A method for distributing entertainment software, comprising:
providing a data store of entertainment software deliverable in multiple stages; distributing a first stage corresponding to an entertainment software title provided by the data store, the first stage usable to execute a subset of functionality of the entertainment software title; and distributing a second stage including at least some portion of the entertainment software title not included in the first stage, wherein the first stage is distributed without a fee and the second stage is distributed for a fee, the fee being dependent on the size of the first stage, and wherein the second stage does not provide full functionality of the entertainment software title.