Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-11
2010-11-09
Thai, Xuan M (Department: 3715)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C434S029000, C434S062000, C434S064000, C434S065000, C434S069000, C706S007000, C706S008000, C702S005000, C463S006000, C463S031000, C463S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07828655
ABSTRACT:
A computer game depicts or represents actual or imaginary geographic locales as part of the play scenarios of the games. The computer game uses a map database that contains data that represent geographic features, such as roads, in a locale. A game engine program presents a game play scenario to a user via a user interface of the game. An application programming interface program accepts requests for data from the game engine program, accesses data from the map database, and provides the data in a suitable format to the game engine program for use in presenting the game scenario to the user.
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