Lawrence W Moran

US Patent:

20160094885, Mar 31, 2016

Filed:

Sep 26, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/498813

Inventors:

- Englewood CO, US
Lawrence Moran - Aurora CO, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/478
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/4788
H04N 21/2665
H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/432
H04N 21/4782

Abstract:

Various embodiments facilitate multi-user gaming. In one embodiment, a locally controllable interactive game system is provided to support a plurality of users within a single household. The locally controllable interactive game system includes a host and a plurality of thin clients. The host and the plurality of thin clients allow respective users to play video games independently or together for multi-player video games. The host is coupled to a plurality of video game content providers by a world wide web. In one embodiment, the host consolidates video game content from the plurality of video game content providers. The plurality of thin clients is coupled to the host by a local area network. In one embodiment, each thin client obtains user video game content from the host and utilizes the user video game content to provide a video game to a respective user.