Interactive game film
US5607356A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/632
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An interactive game film includes, on a video disk, data arranged in clips representing video film segments, each clip having a lead-in segment, a body segment, a loop segment, and a lead-out segment. Each clip matches at least one other, so that when the clips are played in series, the splice is seamless. The clips are displayed by a driver in response to instructions from a game control program unique to a particular game. The game control program provides an interface, in the form of visible or audible subtitles containing keywords, between a player and the driver, whereby the player can, at decision points in the game, control which film clip is displayed next.
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