Patent · US Expired

Music game system

US6905413B1 · kind B1 · utility

51Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateAug 9, 2000
Grant dateJun 14, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2220/145
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Each of communication controllers sends a count value of a timer corresponding to the lapse of time from a starting point of reproduction during the reproduction of a music to a communication cable. Each of game controllers calculates, while a multi-play mode is executed in an other game apparatus, a reproducing position of the music in the other game apparatus based on the count value sent from the communication controller and transfers a music data from the calculated reproducing position on to a sound source memory upon the receipt of an instruction signal outputted from a confirmation button of an instructing section and representing confirmation of selection of the multi-play mode. While one game player is playing a music game, another game player can participate in this game in the middle of a music number.

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