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US 2002/0055385 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for generating and delivering entertainment data
OwnerTamichi Otsuinventor
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Abstract
A game server delivers entertainment data to entertainment terminal devices with the same contents at the same time through a broadband broadcast line. The entertainment data to be delivered may be scrambled. This relieves the load of processing on the game server, prevents time lags in transmission of the data from occurring, and simplifies the fee collection system.
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An apparatus for generating entertainment data, comprising:
- means for receiving terminal data from each of a plurality of entertainment terminal devices through a low-speed communication line;
- and
- means for generating entertainment data including data necessary for each of the plurality of entertainment terminal devices to execute a predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the terminal data received from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices.
An apparatus for generating entertainment data, comprising:
- a unit operable to receive terminal data from each of a plurality of entertainment terminal devices through a low-speed communication line;
- and
- a unit operable to generate entertainment data including data necessary for each of the plurality of entertainment terminal devices to execute a predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the terminal data received from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices.
A method for generating entertainment data, comprising:
- receiving terminal data from each of a plurality of entertainment terminal devices through a low-speed communication line;
- and
- generating entertainment data including data necessary for each of the plurality of entertainment terminal devices to execute a predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the terminal data received from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices.
A specified entertainment terminal device, comprising:
- means for selecting, from common data delivered to a plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through a broadband broadcast communication line, data necessary for the specified entertainment terminal device to execute a predetermined entertainment process;
- means for executing the predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the selected data and operation input data obtained from an operation terminal;
- and
- means for transmitting data generated as a result of executing the predetermined entertainment process to a low-speed communication line.
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A specified entertainment terminal device, comprising:
- a unit for selecting, from common data delivered to a plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through a broadband broadcast communication line, data necessary for the specified entertainment terminal device to execute a predetermined entertainment process;
- a unit for executing the predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the selected data and operation input data obtained from an operation terminal;
- and
- a unit for transmitting data generated as a result of executing the predetermined entertainment process to a low-speed communication line.
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A method for executing an entertainment process, comprising:
- selecting, from common data delivered to a plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through a broadband broadcast communication line, data necessary for executing a predetermined entertainment process;
- executing the predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the selected data and operation input data obtained from an operation terminal;
- and
- transmitting data generated as a result of executing the predetermined entertainment process to a low-speed communication line.
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An entertainment system, comprising:
- a plurality of entertainment terminal devices, each one of the entertainment terminal devices selecting, from common entertainment data delivered to the plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through a broadband broadcast communication line, data necessary for the one of the entertainment terminal devices to execute a predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the selected data and operation input data obtained from an operation terminal, and then sending out terminal data generated as a result of executing the predetermined entertainment process to a low-speed communication line;
- an entertainment data generation apparatus that receives the terminal data from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices through the low-speed communication line, and then generates entertainment data including data necessary for each one of the entertainment terminal devices to execute the predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the terminal data received from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices;
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- a data delivery machine for delivering the entertainment data to the plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through the broadband broadcast communication line.
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A storage medium storing therein a processing program to be executed on a computer, the processing program comprising:
- receiving terminal data from each of a plurality of entertainment terminal devices through a low-speed communication line;
- and
- generating entertainment data including data necessary for each of the plurality of entertainment terminal devices to execute a predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the terminal data received from the plurality of entertainment terminal devices.
A storage medium storing therein a processing program to be executed on a computer, the processing program comprising:
- selecting, from common data delivered to a plurality of entertainment terminal devices at the same time through a broadband broadcast communication line, data necessary for executing a predetermined entertainment process;
- executing the predetermined entertainment process on the basis of the selected data and operation input data obtained from an operation terminal;
- and
- transmitting data generated as a result of executing the predetermined entertainment process to a low-speed communication line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.