Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-10
2008-12-30
Hotaling, II, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S030000, C463S001000, C463S008000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07470193
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for presenting information in a video game. In one implementation, an entertainment system includes: a game console; a display device connected to said game console; and a video game application program; wherein when said game console executes said video game application program, said game console causes said display device to display an information gauge; wherein said information gauge includes: an action bar having a start end and a goal end, and a plurality of character icons presented at respective points on the action bar, each character icon representing a respective character in the video game; wherein said character icons move along said action bar over time in the direction from said start end to said goal end; and wherein when a character icon reaches said goal end, the character corresponding to that character icon has an opportunity to perform an action in the video game.
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Frommer William S.
Frommer & Lawrence & Haug LLP
Hotaling, II John M
Pierce Damon
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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