NVIDIA Corporation
System and method for granting remote access to a video game executed on a video game console or network client

Abstract:

Systems for granting remote access to, and methods of playing, a video game executing on a video game console coupled to a computer network or video games executing on hosting clients of a computer network. One embodiment of the system includes: (1) a stream distributor configured to receive a video stream conveying a view of a gamespace of the video game from the video game console via the computer network and transmit the video stream toward a remote client via the computer network and (2) a response receiver associated with the stream distributor and configured to receive a response stream from the remote client via the computer network and transmit the response stream toward the video game console.