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Method and apparatus for managing data in a gaming system

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-09-12
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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0006] A gaming system includes a hard disk drive for storing various data. The gaming system applies a storage hierarchy to the hard disk drive to prevent unauthorized access to data stored on the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive is segregated into different logical regions such that each region stores a particular type of data and has specific data access policies. Each application that ex

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These gaming systems have limited internal data storage capacity.
This new internal storage capability creates new issues with respect to storing and segregating different types of data on the hard disk drive.

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[0019] The method and apparatus described herein provides a hard disk storage hierarchy that is enforced to ensure proper storage of data and to prevent unauthorized access to stored data in a gaming system. The addition of a hard disk drive to a gaming system significantly increases the amount of data that can be stored within the gaming system. To manage this data, the hard disk drive's storage capacity is separated into different regions, where each region stores a particular type of data and has specific data access policies. The data access policies determine which applications are permitted to access a particular type of data. For example, a hard disk drive may contain a settings region, a user data region, an application data region, a utility region, and a console application region.

[0020] Each application that executes on the gaming system is provided with a separate area (such as a subdirectory) within the appropriate regions for storing data related to the application. Ea...

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Abstract

A gaming system includes a hard disk drive for storing applications and other data. The hard disk drive has multiple regions for storing different types of data. Each application executed on the gaming system has an associated storage area on the hard disk drive. A console application executing on the gaming system prevents a particular application from accessing data in an area of the hard disk drive that is not associated with the particular application. The gaming system also maintains a list of recently used nicknames to simplify entry of nicknames by a user of the gaming system.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0001] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002] This invention relates to gaming systems, and more particularly, to the managing of data stored on a disk drive or other storage devices in a gaming system.BACKGROUND[0003] Gaming systems currently available on the market are capable of playing game discs, music CDs, and movie DVDs from a disc drive. For example, the Playstation.RTM. 2 gaming system from Sony Corporation provides the ability to play games, music, and video titles from a disc inserted in the console. These gaming systems have limited internal data storage capacity. Typically, the internal data storage is used to s...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F13/08A63F13/00A63F13/10G06F3/06G06F12/14G11B20/10
CPCA63F13/10A63F2300/206A63F2300/636G06Q20/20A63F13/95A63F13/79A63F13/48A63F13/71A63F13/45
Inventor RANDALL WHITTEN, JON MARCUSPIRICH, CHRISTOPHER M.
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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