Eiko Kato from Cupertino, CA, age 64

Balancing Distribution Of Participants In A Gaming Environment
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US Patent:

7877509, Jan 25, 2011
Filed:

Jul 15, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/218579
Inventors:

Shekhar V. Dhupelia - Foster City CA, US
Glen Van Datta - Foster City CA, US
Brian Fernandes - Foster City CA, US
Eiko Erika Kato - Foster City CA, US
William McCarroll - Foster City CA, US
Assignee:

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC - Foster City CA
International Classification:

G06F 15/173
US Classification:

709239, 709223, 709203, 709205, 709229, 709202, 709219, 709227, 709200, 709232, 705 42, 705 31, 463 4, 463 30, 463 9, 463 42
Abstract:

Systems for balancing distribution of participants in a gaming environment are provided. In various embodiments, systems of the present invention may include multiple application servers each hosting a common game application, a lobby server for assigning new client devices to one of the application servers, and a universe manager for receiving reports from each of the application servers concerning the status of the game application. The universe manager may further instruct the lobby server to reallocate assignment of subsequent new client devices in order to balance the number of client devices assigned to each application servers.

Environment Information Server
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US Patent:

8032619, Oct 4, 2011
Filed:

Dec 3, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/729573
Inventors:

Eiko E. Kato - Foster City CA, US
Seth C. H. Luisi - Foster City CA, US
Glen Van Datta - Foster City CA, US
Assignee:

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC - Foster City CA
International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16
US Classification:

709223, 709203, 709219
Abstract:

Methods and apparatus implementing techniques for providing network environment information. In one implementation, a environment information server includes: a server controller; a network connection connected to said server controller; an environment information database connected to said server controller for storing data for one or more network environments; and a request handler connected to said server controller for processing requests received through said network connection; wherein said request handler exchanges data with said environment information database in the course of processing a received request.