Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1997-09-30
1999-10-26
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
463 40, 463 7, A63F 922
Patent
active
059718552
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for communicating between a hand-held electronic game apparatus and other electronic systems is described. Small hand-held electronic games, preprogrammed with a single game, may be linked together through a communications unit to engage in interactive gaming between two users. Alternatively, the communications unit can be connected via a special cable connected to the serial port of a personal computer to permit connection to a central processing unit on an Internet website. The website central processing unit can modify the preprogrammed game, provide upgrades to the game, unlock hidden features and simulate a second hand-held electronic game apparatus for interactive play with a user. Software is installed on the personal computer permits communication between the hand-held electronic game and the personal computer, between the PC and the Internet website and thus between the hand-held game and the Internet website. Data from the hand-held game can be communicated to the Internet website, for example, to register high scores, or to play the preprogrammed game with other game users connected to the website.
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Clayton Shelia
Harrison Jessica J.
Tiger Electronics, Ltd.
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