US 2006/0068911 A1 · Game console communication with a computer

Abstract

Communication between a game console having a communication port and a personal computer is facilitated by implementing a shared folder on the personal computer that can be accessed via the communication port. The game console and personal computer may communicate via a Server Message Block compatible code, a Universal Plug and Play networking protocol, and the like. To save memory, the SMB compatible code (or other code) may not support the full set of SMB protocol features (or other protocol features).

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Dependent claims

A method for communication between a game console and a personal computer, the method comprising:

accessing, from a game console, a shared folder of a personal computer, the shared folder being shared by the game console and the personal computer;
and
communicating a file between the shared folder of the personal computer and the game console.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/954,684Filed 30 Sep 2004

Published

30 Mar 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A63F 13/12
A63F 13/323
Using local area network [LAN] connections: between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable…
A63F 13/30
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: interconnection arrangements between game servers…
A63F 13/77
Game security or game management aspects: involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or…

Game console communication with a computer

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Game console communication with a computer

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Abstract

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