Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Access or authorization
Patent
1994-12-20
1997-09-16
Harrison, Jessica
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Access or authorization
463 40, 348 13, H04L 1200, H04N 7173
Patent
active
056674406
ABSTRACT:
A bidirectional communication system includes a center unit and one or more terminal units connected to the center unit via a communication line. The center unit includes: program executing unit for executing one or more programs utilizing operation data in response to selection signals specifying a program to be executed and transmitting information associated with the programs to the terminal units via the communication line; control unit for controlling the program executing unit and the terminal units; and receiving unit for receiving the operation data from the terminal units and supplying the operation data to the program executing unit. The operation data being necessary for execution of the program. Each of the terminal units includes: transmitting unit for transmitting selection signal to the center unit via the communication line; display unit for displaying the associated information transmitted from the center unit; and operation unit for generating the operation data in accordance with user's instruction and transmitting the operation data at data output timings distributed to each terminal units.
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Komatsu Kazuki
Sasaki Masafumi
Shiragami Noriyuki
Yumoto Takemi
Harrison Jessica
Pioneer Electronic Corporation
Schaaf James
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