South Park Digital Studios received 1 granted patent this quarter in Cloud Gaming.
The patent covers a live game intervention system that enables a second device to remotely control aspects of another player's active cloud gaming session in real time. This technology allows for direct manipulation of gameplay elements during ongoing sessions through external device access.
South Park Digital Studios' single cloud gaming patent establishes a two-device handshake that operates through cloud infrastructure to modify gameplay during active sessions. The system allows someone on a separate device to inject changes into another player's running game without relying on the game's built-in rules or scripted events. Instead of triggering interventions through standard game mechanics, the technology creates a pathway for human-directed control that bypasses the normal rule engine entirely. The approach enables real-time manipulation of gameplay elements from outside the session itself, mediated through cloud servers rather than embedded game logic.
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