Exploiting a broadcast system to enhance a wireless gaming experience
US6470180B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/131
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A wireless data system (200) and a method (300) of communicating digital data to a handheld wireless device (202) are provided. The wireless data system (200) includes a plurality of handheld wireless devices (202) capable of receiving digital data comprised of a first digital data portion and at least one second digital data portion. The wireless data system (200) also includes a wireless network (209) capable of transmitting (318) the first digital data portion to the plurality of handheld wireless devices (202), a data server (212) for creating the digital data, the data server capable of communicating with the wireless network, and at least one broadcast transmitter (215) communicating with the data server, the at least one broadcast transmitter broadcasting (321) the at least one second digital data portion to the plurality of handheld wireless devices. The plurality of handheld wireless devices (202) are capable of receiving and combining (323) the first digital data portion and the at least one second digital data portion.
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