Multiuser electronic platform-screen, in particular for games, and method for controlling clerance for executing programmes such as games
OwnerAlbert Palombo, Jean-Claude Woivre +1inventors
InventorsAlbert Palombo, Jean-Claude Woivre, Fabrice Madigou
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electronic platform-screen comprising (a) a globally flat case (200); electronic processing, storage and interface means housed in the case; (c) a flat screen display (110) arranged at an upper surface (202) of the case; and (d) a plurality of user-interface elements (300) for several users, distributed around the display screen and connected to the interface means housed in the case. The invention also concerns a method for controlling clearance for executing downloaded programmes such as games. The invention is applicable in particular to electronic games involving several players.
Claims26
An electronic multiuser screen platform, especially for electronic games, characterized in that it comprises:
- a generally flat casing (200),
- electronic (10) processing (100), storage (102, 104, 116) and interface (114) means housed in the casing,
- a flat display screen (110) provided on an upper surface (202) of the casing, and
- a plurality of user interface elements (300) for several users, distributed around the display screen and connected to the electronic interface means (114) housed in the casing.
The screen platform as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises display control means capable of altering the orientation of the display on the flat screen (110), especially so as to adapt said orientation to a particular player.
A method of checking the authorization of a user to execute a program on a computer system, and especially a game on a computer game platform comprising a device for reading portable storage objects, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- providing the user with a portable object (118) capable of containing an unmodifiable program identifier in a first memory zone,
- establishing a connection with a server via a computer network,
- verifying (507, 508) the presence of a program identifier in the memory of the portable object using the read device,
- transmitting the identifier to the server, and
- downloading (509) the program corresponding to said identifier from the server to the computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.