John V Toomey

US Patent:

20090305778, Dec 10, 2009

Filed:

Jun 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/134927

Inventors:

Siu-Man Yu - San Jose CA, US
Christopher J. Dyl - Somerville MA, US
Steven McGarry - Lowell MA, US
John Toomey - Bridgewater MA, US

Assignee:

Turbine, Inc. - Westwood MA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

463 29, 463 42

Abstract:

Updating a run-time version of a game stored on a first location includes causing a first swarm member to store an first version, with first game pieces, on the first location; maintaining a second game version with second pieces, some of which are missing from the first pieces; receiving, from the first swarm member, an upgrade request for the second version; identifying missing pieces; and providing, to the first swarm member, information leading to other swarm members, each of which hosts a missing piece at a second location used for storing a run-time version of the game; causing the first swarm member to retrieve the missing pieces from the second location and store them in at least a portion of the first location, thereby avoiding consumption of additional storage during the update.