Video game
US5350176A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/534
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A local video game (310) including a communicating controller (326). The controller (326) receives local command signals created by a set of player controls (316). The controller (326) also receives remote command signals received through a modem (324) which were created by a remote video game (320) through a similar set of player controls. The controller (326) includes a synchronizer (328) which produces synchronizing codes to be sent to the remote video game (320) to synchronize the games. The synchronizer (328) synchronizes the local and remote command signals such that both are received by a game microprocessor (322) simultaneously. Memory (336) stores the player parameters and are retrieved whenever the synchronization codes of the local (310) and remote (320) video games have not matched for a predetermined number of iterations.
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