FR2990820A1 - Method for interacting with e.g. audio game read continuously by computer on server device, involves receiving reproduction instruction from server by client device, where instruction is function of execution of execution pile - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves transmitting a command (cmd), which is emitted in protocol provided by an interaction device (1), by a client device (2) to a server device (4), so that the transmission is transparent for the server device. A reproduction instruction from the server device is received by the client device, where the reproduction instruction is a function of execution of execution pile into which the command is injected by the server device. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a program comprising program code instructions for executing a method for interacting with interactive contents read continuously on a server device by a client device (2) a method for continuously reading interactive content at a client device by a server device (3) a program comprising program code instructions for executing a method for continuously reading interactive content (4) a client device for reading interactive content continuously on a server device (5) a server device for reading interactive content continuously by a client device on a server device.

Description

The invention relates to the interaction with interactive contents played continuously, in particular with video games continuously played also called video games streamed by anglicism.

The world of video games has long been restricted to video consoles that offers game controllers adapted to the interaction with the universe proposed in video games. Since consoles and controllers are developed by large video game manufacturers, they have decided for commercial reasons to allow playing with their game console with dedicated game controllers. For this, the communication protocol between the consoles and joysticks is proprietary. Today PC games are developing more and more with catalogs accessible via the Internet. The user downloads the desired game on his computer and even has commercially available game controllers dedicated to these games executed by the internet browser. These controllers typically use the HTML 5 protocol to communicate with the browser that runs the game available in the network. The next step is to deport the game's execution to the "cloud" (Cloud). The commercial gamepad is intended to interact with a browser of the computer on which the user is playing and not with a cloud gaming server. One solution would be to propose a new controller of proprietary games dedicated to games in "Cloud gaming", a game publisher or owner of a "Cloud" could offer proprietary joysticks dedicated only games that publishes or offers. The limit of this solution is that the user should have as much controller as visited "Cloud". One of the aims of the present invention is to remedy deficiencies of the state of the art.

An object of the invention is a method of interaction with interactive content read continuously by a client device on a server device. The interaction method comprises a transmission in a protocol given by the client device to the server device of a command issued in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission is transparent to the server device.

Thus, the server device interprets, in view of the command received, the interaction device as being connected to it locally and not as connected to a remote client device.

Advantageously, according to an implementation of the invention, the various steps of the method according to the invention are implemented by software or computer program, this software comprising software instructions intended to be executed by a data processor of a computer. client device and being adapted to control the execution of the different steps of this method.

The invention therefore also relates to a program comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of the interaction method when said program is executed by a processor.

This program can use any programming language and be in the form of source code, object code or intermediate code between source code and object code such as in a partially compiled form or in any other desirable form.

Another object of the invention is a method of continuously reading interactive content by a server device to a client device. The reading method comprises receiving in a protocol given by the server device of the client device a command sent in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission of the client device is transparent to the server device.

Advantageously, the method comprises an injection of the command into an execution stack of the interactive content read from the server device. Thus, the command from the interaction device is treated like any executable instruction written in the interactive content.

Advantageously, the reading method comprises a conversion of the received command into interaction code before it is injected into the execution stack. This reinforces the fact that the server device interprets that the interaction device is connected locally.

Advantageously, the reading method comprises transmitting reproduction instructions from the server device to the client device as a function of execution of an interactive content execution stack. Thus, the server device also interprets that the client device is connected to it locally by directly controlling its reproduction means.

The interpretation by the server device that the interaction device and / or the client device is locally connected to it simplifies the exchanges of the server device in particular does not require the introduction of a specific communication protocol depending on the device interaction and means for processing the interactive content of a client device. Advantageously, according to an implementation of the invention, the various steps of the method according to the invention are implemented by software or computer program, this software comprising software instructions intended to be executed by a data processor of a computer. server device and being adapted to control the execution of the different steps of this method. The invention therefore also relates to a program comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of the reading method when said program is executed by a processor. This program can use any programming language and be in the form of source code, object code or intermediate code between source code and object code such as in a partially compiled form or in any other desirable form. An object of the invention is also an interactive content client device read continuously on a server device. The client device comprises communication means able to transmit in a given protocol by the client device to the server device a command sent in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission is transparent for the server device. . Advantageously, the client device comprises means for reproducing interactive content that can be controlled by the server device during the continuous playback of interactive content. An object of the invention is also an interactive content server device read continuously by a client device on said server device, characterized in that the server device comprises communication means able to receive in a given protocol by the server device of the server. client device of a command issued in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission of the client device is transparent to the server device.

Advantageously, the communication means are capable of transmitting reproduction instructions from the server device to the client device as a function of execution of an interactive content execution stack.

The characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge more clearly on reading the description, given by way of example, and the figures relating thereto which represent: FIG. 1, a simplified diagram of the interaction and reading methods of FIG. interactive content according to the invention, - Figure 2, a simplified diagram of an architecture comprising a client device and a server device according to the invention. By interactive content is meant any type of content (video, audio, AV, slideshow, etc.) or applications with which a user can interact. The interactive contents include content for which an action of the user during the reproduction of the content modifies the content reproduced for this user depending on the action, such as interactive videos, audio games and / or video, etc. By client device is meant a communication terminal such as a computer, a smartphone, a television connected to the network, a system comprising a television and a set top box, etc. The invention being implemented via an Internet browser embedded on the client device. By streaming content is meant content whose data is stored on a server device, the server device transmitting to a client device requesting content data continuously. The data is not stored on the side of the client device that does not download the content, and the data is transmitted only to the requesting client device: it is not broadcast by the server device.

By server device is understood in particular a service providing device such as online games. FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified diagram of interactive interaction and reading methods according to the invention. The interaction method with interactive content Ci read continuously by a client device DC on a server device DS comprises an ITR transmission by the client device DC to the server device DS in a given protocol of a cmd command issued in the given protocol by an interaction device DI, so that the ITR transmission is transparent to the server device. In particular, the interaction method comprises an IREC reception by the client device DC of a reproduction instruction ik from the server device DS, said reproduction instruction ik being a function of an execution EXE of a execution stack P wherein said cmd command was injected INJ by the server device DS. The interaction method is notably included in an on-demand interactive content method implemented by the client device DC. The on-demand interactive content method includes a request for an interactive content STRT sending to the server device DS a request to read an interactive content strt req. In particular, the on-demand interactive content method comprises an IREC reception by the client device DC of a reproduction instruction ik from the server device DS, said reproduction instruction ik being a function of an execution EXE of a stack d P execution in which said cmd command was injected INJ by the DS server device. In particular, the on-demand interactive content method includes a reproduction controlled by a reproduction instruction ik from the server device DS. An implementation of the interaction method is a program comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of the interaction method when said program is executed by a processor. The method of continuously reading interactive content Ci by a server device DS to a client device DS comprises a reception REC in a protocol given by the server device DS of the client device DC of a command cmd issued in the protocol given by an interaction device DI, so that the transmission of the client device DC is transparent to the server device. In particular, the reading method comprises an INJ injection of the cmd command into an execution stack P of the read interactive content Ci of the server device DS.

In particular, the reading method comprises a conversion (not shown) of the command received in interaction code before its injection P in the execution stack. In particular, the command is injected in the form of a code (key corresponding to the key code supported by the target OS, that is to say the operating system of the server device DS) and the characteristics of the interactive content. ) In particular, the read method comprises ACTR transmission of reproduction instructions ik of the server device DS to the client device DC according to an execution EXE of an execution stack P of the interactive content Ci. DS server directly controls the reproduction means of the client device as if it were the reproduction means of the server device. An implementation of the read method is a program comprising program code instructions for performing the steps of the read method according to when said program is executed by a processor. In the case where a user U wishes to play an online game using the invention, the user U using the client device DC will access and start a game Ci of the server device DS by sending a read request strt req . The request strt req will trigger a continuous play LCT of the game Ci. Thus, the server device will read LCT (el Ci) a first data el of the game Ci, and deduce from it a reproduction instruction il which will allow the server device DS to control by means of this reproduction instruction, the reproduction means of the client device DS. In particular, the server device DS will send ACTR the reproduction instruction il to the client device DC which will receive IREC the reproduction instruction il, this reproduction instruction received it will impact a reproduction AFF implemented by the client device DC.

Similarly, the server device will read LCT (el Ci) a second data e2 of the set Ci, and will deduce from EXE a reproduction instruction i2 which will allow the server device DS to control by means of this reproduction instruction i2 the reproduction means of the DS client device. In particular, the server device DS will send ACTR the reproduction instruction i2 to the client device DC that will receive IREC the reproduction instruction i2, this reproduction instruction received i2 will impact a reproduction AFF implemented by the client device DC, etc. The server device will read LCT (ek Ci) a second data e2 of the set Ci, and deduce therefrom a reproduction instruction i2 which will allow the server device DS to control by means of this reproduction instruction i2 the reproduction means of the client device DS. In particular, the server device DS will send ACTR the reproduction instruction i2 to the client device DC that will receive IREC the reproduction instruction i2, this reproduction instruction received i2 will impact an AFF reproduction implemented by the client device DC.40. , the data el, e2, ek of the set Ci read by the server device DS are injected INJ into a execution stack P. The server device DS will execute EXE the data entered first in the stack P. In FIG. DS server device is reading LOT the data ej it injects INJ into the execution stack after which it passes to the following data j = j + 1 that it will read and inject ..., while this same DS server device is executing the ek data of the P cell. According to the AFF reproduction made by the client device DC, the user U can interact evt with the game on an interaction device DI such that a joystick, keyboard, screen tacti the, voice control, kinetic interface (based on one or more sensors among in particular cameras, accelerometers, etc.), etc. The interaction device captures CPT this interaction event evt and transmits EM in the form of a cmd command to the client device DC which transmits ITR transparently to the server device DS which receives REC command cmd.

This command is executed EXE like any other data of the set Ci by the server device DS and triggers the ACTR sending of a reproduction instruction ij to the client device.

Thus, despite the distance between the interaction device DI and the client device DC on one side and the DS server device on the other hand, the DS server device perceives the interaction device DI and the reproduction means of the device client as its own local devices.

FIG. 2 illustrates a simplified diagram of an architecture comprising a client device 2 (DC) and a server device 4 (DS) according to the invention. In the illustrated architecture, a user U has a client device 2 and an interaction device 1 (D1) with the client device 2. The client device 2 exchanges with a server device 4 through a network communication device 3. The client device 2 of interactive content Ci read continuously on a server device 4, comprises communication means 20, 202 able to transmit in a given protocol to the server device 4 a command cmd issued in the protocol given by a interaction device 1 (DI), so that the transmission is transparent to the DS server device. In particular, the client device 2 comprises reproduction means 22a, 22b of interactive content Ci adapted to be controlled by the server device 4 during the continuous playback of interactive content.

The interactive content server device 4 continuously read by a client device 2 comprises communication means 40, 402 able to receive from the client device 2 in a given protocol a cmd command issued in the protocol given by an interaction device 1, such that the transmission of the client device 2 is transparent to the server device 4. In particular, the communication means 40, 403 are able to transmit reproduction instructions ik of the server device 4 to the client device 2 according to a executing an execution stack 43 of the interactive content. In our example of use, namely that the user U plays an interactive game Ci streamed proposed by the server device 4: Prior to a request for streaming access to an interactive content Ci, the user U may have searched in the communication network 3 interactive content generally or request access to the catalog of interactive content provided by a server device 4 to which it is subscribed.

The user U requests by means of the client device 2, for example his computer, the streaming access to a game Ci to the server device 4. For this, the processing means 23 (including an Internet browser) command strt req reading of the set Ci. This command strt req is sent by the communications means 20, 201 of the client device through the communication network to the server device 4.

Receiving means 40, 401 of the server device 4 receive this access command strt req and either transmit this command strt req or trigger reading means 41. The reading means 41 search in a database 42 for the interactive content Ci and read in continuous mode that each element ej interactive content Ci are transmitted without waiting for the complete reading of the content to processing means 44 to allow their reproduction continuously. In particular, the reading means 41 inject each element ei Ci into an execution stack 43. The processing means 44 recover each element ek from the execution stack p and produce reproduction instructions ik that the communication means 40 , 403 transmit to the client device 2 to control the reproduction of the set Ci on this client device 2.

The communications means 20, 203 receive the reproduction instructions and transmit them to reproduction control means 21 to control according to these instructions the reproducing means 22a, 22b.

During the reproduction by the client device 2 of the game streamed by the server device 4, the user interacts evt by means of the interaction device 1 which sends a command cmd to the client device 2. The communication means 20, 202 of the device client 2 transmit the command cmd through the communication network 3 to the server device 4. The communication means 40, 402 of the server device 4 receive the command cmd and transmit it to the processing means 44 to generate a reproduction instruction not only function elements ek interactive content Ci read but also this command cmd. In particular, the communication means 40, 402 inject the command into the execution stack 43 as any element of the interactive content read. Thus, a reproduction instruction ik is generated by the processing means 44 which takes into account the interaction of the user U with the game. This reproduction instruction ik is transmitted as any other reproduction instruction by the means communication device 40, 403 to the client device 2 to control the reproduction of the game Ci on this client device 2. Thus, the server device perceives the interaction device 1 as one of its local peripherals.

The invention also relates to a support or several information media. The information carrier may be any entity or device capable of storing at least one of the programs according to the invention. For example, the medium may include storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM or a magnetic recording means, for example a diskette or a hard disk. On the other hand, the information medium can be a transmissible medium such as an electrical or optical signal that can be conveyed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio or by other means. The program according to the invention may in particular be downloaded to a network, particularly of the Internet type. Alternatively, the information carrier may be an integrated circuit in which the program is embedded, the circuit being adapted to execute or to be used in the execution of the method in question. In another implementation, the invention is implemented. implemented by means of software and / or hardware components. In this regard, the term module can correspond to a software component or a hardware component as well. A software component corresponds to one or more computer programs, one or more subroutines of a program, or more generally to any element of a program or software capable of implementing a function or a program. Function set according to the description below. A hardware component corresponds to any element of a hardware set (or hardware) capable of implementing a function or a set of functions.

Claims (12)

REVENDICATIONS1. A method of interacting with interactive content read continuously by a client device on a server device, characterized in that the interaction method comprises a transmission by the client device to the server device in a given protocol of a command issued in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission is transparent to the server device. 2. Interaction method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the interaction method comprises a reception by the client device of a reproduction instruction from the server device, said reproduction instruction being a function of an execution of an execution stack in which said command has been injected by the server device. A program comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of the interaction method according to the preceding claim when said program is executed by a processor. 4. A method for continuously reading interactive content by a server device to a client device, characterized in that the reading method comprises receiving in a given protocol by the server device of the client device of a command transmitted in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission of the client device is transparent to the server device. 5. Continuous reading method according to the preceding claim characterized in that the method comprises an injection of the command into an execution stack of the interactive content read from the server device. 6. Continuous reading method according to the preceding claim characterized in that the reading method comprises a conversion of the received command interaction code before its injection into the execution stack. 7. Continuous reading method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the reading method comprises a transmission of reproduction instructions from the server device to the client device according to a running of a stack execution of interactive content. A program comprising program code instructions for performing the steps of the read method according to any one of claims 3 to 6 when said program is executed by a processor. 9. Interactive content client device continuously read on a server device, characterized in that the client device comprises communication means able to transmit in a given protocol by the client device to the server device a command issued in the given protocol. by an interaction device, so that the transmission is transparent to the server device. 10. Client device according to the preceding claim characterized in that the client device comprises interactive content reproduction means adapted to be controlled by the server device during the continuous playback of interactive content. 11. Interactive content server device continuously read by a client device on said server device, characterized in that the server device comprises communication means adapted to receive in a given protocol by the server device of the client device a command issued in the protocol given by an interaction device, so that the transmission of the client device is transparent to the server device. 12. Server device according to the preceding claim characterized in that the communication means are adapted to transmit reproduction instructions of the server device to the client device based on an execution of an interactive content execution stack.