An intelligent magic cube, and a sensing shaft center structure and a timing method used thereby. The sensing shaft center structure comprises a main body; the main body comprises a core (1) having an internal cavity, and several tubular shafts (2) communicated with the core (1). An internal central control module (3) is provided inside the cavity, and comprises a state obtaining unit. Each tubular shaft (2) is provided with a state signal sending set (4). The state signal sending set (4) comprises a signal selector and multiple signal exciters. The signal selector may be paired with any signal exciter, and generate a corresponding state signal. The state obtaining unit is configured to be able to receive the state signal sent from the state signal sending set (4).

A game scrapbook system associated with a game progress includes: a data table setting setup information by recording at least one game environment associated with a generation of a predetermined event signal; an event signal generation unit generating the event signal when a game environment according to a game progress corresponds to at least a portion of the setup information; an image capturing unit, in response to the event signal, capturing a game image to generate game image information; and an image transmission unit transmitting the generated game image information to a remote location in a network using a network address.

An electronic table top game board that includes: an interface area, where the interface area adapts to a predetermined configuration based on user input; player informational displays surrounding the interface area; and a plurality of user interactive devices. The interface area and the plurality of user interactive devices preferably include touch interactive protocol. The electronic table top game board may also include an alternative controller, where the alternative controller includes a joystick and a plurality of control buttons.

An electronic board game device is disclosed. The electronic gaming board device includes a gaming board and a common display positioned substantially on a central portion of the gaming board. The common display is visible to a plurality of players competing in the multi-player game. The electronic gaming board device includes a plurality of player-specific displays. Each player-specific display of the plurality of player-specific display is swingably or pivotally mounted on a peripheral portion of the gaming board at player positions associated with the plurality of players. The player-specific display includes private and public displays. In a playing mode of the multi-player game, the private display is oriented towards a player and the public display is oriented towards competing players of the player in the multi-player game. The player-specific display is configured to open and close through a hinge mechanism.

A computer-implemented method for online game streaming is provided. One example method includes receiving a request from a remote client to access a user account. The user account identifies information regarding the user and digital content available for the user to access from the remote client. The request is received over an Internet connection at a hosting service that includes one or more servers and the digital content including a video game. The method includes receiving selection of the game by the hosting service from the remote client and initiating, by the hosting service, a data rate test of the remote client. The data rate test is configured to identify a maximum available data rate between the remote client and one or more servers of the hosting service. The data rate test includes gradually increasingly the data rate and then gradually decreasing the data rate to identify an active data rate for streaming interactive content of the video game. The method also includes assigning the remote client to a server and setting the compression level to attain the active data rate having packet loss and latency that is within a predefined acceptable level.

The present invention is related to a portable children's interactive system for communicating over a wireless network including one of a WI-FI wireless network or a Bluetooth wireless network, having one or more children. The portable children interactive system includes a plurality of electronic tags configured to be placed at various places, each electronic tag includes a unique identification attribute; and a doll structure and includes an interactive module to interact with the plurality of electronic tags over the wireless network up to a longest distance within the reach of the wireless network.

Methods for and operating a service and systems are provided. One method includes executing one or more video games on one or more servers of a service. The one or more video games are played or used by one or more users on one or more client devices remote to the service via compressed streaming interactive video. The compressed streaming interactive video is sent to the one or more client devices where decompression of the compressed streaming interactive video is preformed to display video of each of said one or more video games and said one or more servers are configured to receive user control input to driver interactivity with said one or more video games. The method includes broadcasting the one or more video games as one or more streams of compressed streaming interactive video to enable one or more viewing client devices to view said one or more video games over the Internet. Each of the one or more viewing client devices receives one or more of the streams of compressed streaming interactive video. The method includes overlaying with the streams of compressed streaming interactive video, audio from one or more of the viewing client devices, such that the audio is included in the broadcasting of the one or more video games. And, adjusting a compression rate for said broadcasting to each of said viewing client devices based on a respective connection performance each of said viewing client devices has with respect to said one or more servers of the service.

A cloud gaming system is disclosed. One example includes a game server that is configured to execute video games. The game server provides an interface for a remote client device to interface with the game server and request that games be played by streaming video frames to the remote client device. The game server is located in a first data center. A storage server connected to the game server over a network connection in the first data center. A save data server located in a second data center. Data selection logic of the game server is configured to retrieve save data from the save data server and cache the save data to a save data disk of the game server. The data selection logic is configured to automatically retrieve the save data from the second data center to the first data center upon detecting a session initiation for a user account used via the remote client device. The save data including a current state of game play that represents activity performed during play of a game. The save data is used to render the current state of game play after game logic of the game is loaded for the session initiation.

In some embodiments, there is provided a vaporization system including a vaporizer device and a user interface on a remote communication device, wherein the user interface is adapted to control the temperature of the heater and is adapted to further control an entertainment mode.

The present invention automates the playing of the game of dominoes. This automation will allow players in different geographic locations to compete against each other in real-time as if the players were across the table from each other. This invention also captures the sites and sounds of the atmosphere during a domino game and transmits to sites and sounds to all of the contestants of a domino game. This new domino game overcomes the barrier of distance and allows players from around the country and around the world to compete against each other. This present invention also automates functions necessarily performed during a game which can include keeping score, determining if a domino play result in a score for that player and establishing a play timer to promote consistent and efficient flow during a domino game.