Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data
Patent
1997-03-22
1998-07-21
Harrison, Jessica
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
463 30, 463 40, 434307A, 434309, A63F 922
Patent
active
057826927
ABSTRACT:
An interactive system is provided for playing a game, educational or instructional sequence in conjunction with a prerecorded multimedia presentation consisting of at least motion video, sound and accompanying text. The multimedia presentation is partitioned into time segments. The game sequence is also partitioned into task units that are synchronized with the time segments. The time address markers for the beginning and ending of each of the time segments initialize, execute and close each task unit of a programmed game sequence.
A corresponding authoring system allows an author to design and implement the time-segmentation of the multimedia presentation and its functional interface with the game sequence.
This system can be used for motivating instructional games based on music video, movies, animated cartoons and karaoke that provide the player with the same excitement and challenge of the popular video games. The games can contain educational contents and be used for teaching and training reading comprehension and foreign language instruction. Similarly, motivating tests based on this concept can accompany training in other subjects. The provided multimedia games can be the basis of many products in the emerging "edutainment" industry that combines education and entertainment.
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Chong Leighton K.
Harrison Jessica
Sager Mark A.
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