Configuration switching: dynamically changing between network communication architectures

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7421471
APP PUB NO 20030217158A1
SERIAL NO

10211075

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The present invention relates to a multi-user application that is configured to operate in various network communication configurations and that can dynamically change communication configurations during an online session of the application. One of the network communication configurations is a client-server configuration, wherein network computers, including at least one server computer and at least one client computer, participate in an online session of the application. The server computer serves application-related data to the client computer during the online session. In another communication configuration of the application, the network computers operate in a peer-to-peer configuration wherein the network computers have the ability to both serve data to and receive data from any of the other network computers that are participating in the online session. The application can switch between the communication configurations during an online session, and is not limited to one or the other for all the computers.

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  • SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC

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Van, Datta Glen San Diego, CA 50 1513

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