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Interactive communication system for communicating video game and karaoke software

a technology of video game and software, applied in the field of interactive communication system for transmitting video game and karaoke software, can solve the problems of limited storage space and accumulated expenditure of the increasing number of karaoke programs, and achieve the effects of reducing the service cost per transmission, reducing the cost of each transmission, and increasing the life of game data at the communication terminal devi

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-04
OKAMOTO TAKEYA
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[0012] By utilizing the communication system, the player need not purchase a game cassette or other software for playing video games, since the game data is provided by the host facility, which received the game data request sent by the player from his communication terminal device. Further, the game data provided to the player is temporarily stored in the temporary storage means of the communication terminal device, thereby releasing the host facility to serve other communication terminal devices requesting game data. The host facility is thus able to respond to a greater number of callers having communication terminal devices.
[0013] Furthermore, the game data stored in the temporary storage means is deleted in a predetermined time period after it was received at the communication terminal device. In other words, the useful life of the game data at the communication terminal devices is limited. As a result of this arrangement, in order to continue the game play at the end of the predetermined time period, the player again needs to request the game data from the host facility. This arrangement is therefore prerequisite so long as the game data transmission service is not free of charge. In contrast, if it were possible to keep the game data at the communication terminal device at the end of game play, the player could play the game permanently without calling the host facility. Consequently, the service cost per each transmission would be higher than the normal price of the game cassettes. The above described arrangement solves this problem and meets the need of software distributors.
[0014] The arrangement is also beneficial to players since the service cost per each transmission can be considerably lower than the price of each game cassette. Therefore, the game player who conventionally has to buy an expensive game cassette, even if he plays the game only once, can be satisfied with the reasonable cost of the transmission. The arrangement is also superior with respect to child discipline, since children can only play a limited time.

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However, therein lies a problem: the player has to purchase each and every game cassette he wishes to play, which can be very costly.
Thus, there arise problems of accumulated expenditure and limited storage space for the increasing number of karaoke programs.

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[0033] In the embodiment of the invention, data, a program, or a combination of the two is transmitted from a host facility to a communicator as a communication terminal device. The data can be game data for playing games, karaoke data for playing karaoke music, image data for displaying static images like still pictures or dynamic images like movies, audio data for reproducing sound or playing music, character data for composing documents, and the like. The program includes a large-scale program, such as a program for word processing, a program for computing with a spread sheet, or a program for communication, and a plug-in-program to be incorporated in a main program. Transmitting a combination of the program and data means, for instance, transmitting a karaoke executing program and the data indicative of karaoke music to be played, or a set of a word processing program and the data indicative of document examples.

[0034] In the embodiment of the invention, when a predetermined ti...

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Abstract

A communication system is proposed for transmitting at least one of the data, the program, and a combination of them from a host facility to a communicator such as a communication terminal device. In this communication system, the data or the program becomes unable to be used when a predetermined time has elapsed after it is transmitted from the host facility to the communicator. This communication system is provided with the function of giving a warning before the use of the transmission becomes unable and the function of resuming the use in accordance with the user's instruction even after the use becomes unable.

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[0001] This is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 08 / 642,560 filed May 3, 1996.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to an interactive communication system for transmitting video game and karaoke software from a host facility to communication terminal devices. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Video games have become a very popular form of family entertainment. In order to play a video game, a game cassette is first installed in a video game machine body. Game data, contained in the cassette and including video information and usually audio information, is read and outputted to a common television receiver. Accordingly, the one who wishes to play a video game must have a video game machine and a game cassette, besides a television set. Once the game cassette is installed, the player can play the game whenever and as many times as the player wishes. [0004] However, therein lies a problem: the player has to purchase each and every game cassette he wishes to...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F13/12G06F19/00G10H1/36H04N7/173H04N21/2543H04N21/472H04N21/81H04N21/8355
CPCA63F13/12H04N21/8355A63F2300/552A63F2300/63G10H1/365G10H2210/026G10H2240/125G10H2240/181G10H2240/211G10H2240/261G10H2240/265H04N7/17318H04N21/2543H04N21/472H04N21/814H04N21/8146A63F2300/409A63F13/30A63F13/77A63F13/31
Inventor OKAMOTO, TAKEYA
Owner OKAMOTO TAKEYA
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