Patent · US Expired

Network service system and communication unit for game machine and game machine capable of using said network service system

US5664778A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
21References
13Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1995
Grant dateSep 9, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/131
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information processing terminal identifies a service identifier, provided in a storage medium for network service, for identifying a type of a network service when the storage medium is attached, connects the line to the host computer which corresponds to the identified service identifier and receives the network service from the line-connected host computer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.