Communications adaptable to mobile devices

摘要

A communication system is provided that is preferably a peer-to-peer (p2p) system. One or both of audio and video can be transferred among user terminals in the p2p system. The user terminals can include at least one master terminal, which could be an unhosted master terminal that does not communicate its own audio and/or video. In one embodiment, a first master terminal is included that controls video and/or audio transfers and an unhosted second master terminal is provided that communicates with at least two user terminals to provide desired connectivity involving such user terminals. In another embodiment, an unhosted master terminal is provided when the user terminals include mobile terminals in order to avoid power usage by mobile terminals. This communication system can be utilized with online game playing in which a game server is included, as well as having other communication applications.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for communicating at least voice, comprising:
providing a plurality of user terminals including a number of mobile terminals, said plurality of user terminals being part of a network being established; obtaining information using each of said number of mobile terminals, said information related to each being identifiable as a mobile terminal; only after said providing and said obtaining, using said information to determine whether to include a master terminal in said network, said master terminal being different than said plurality of user terminals; and including said master terminal in said network if said number of mobile terminals is greater than a predetermined number and not including said master terminal if said number of mobile terminals is not greater than said predetermined number, and in which said predetermined number is greater than one.