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US 6,604,635 B1Granted
Recording medium holder and information providing body
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKen Kutaragi, Teiyu Goto, Mariko Hino
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AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKen Kutaragi, Teiyu Goto, Mariko Hino
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A recording medium holder for accommodating a recording medium which records information is disclosed. The recording medium holder has an accommodating member which forms a first accommodating region being capable of accommodating at least one sheet of the recording medium to be held and a second accommodating region being capable of accommodating at least one recording device for recording relevant data generated in relation to the processing of information by an information processing apparatus. The accommodating member includes a recording medium holding portion for positioning and holding the recording medium to be held in the first accommodating region and a recording device holding portion for positioning and holding the recording device to be held in the second accommodating region.
A recording medium holder for accommodating a recording medium which records information to be provided to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
An information providing body for providing a game software for performing a game with a game apparatus system, comprising:
An information providing body for providing information to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
An information providing body for providing a software to be executed to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
An information providing body for providing a game software for performing a game with a game apparatus system, comprising:
An information providing body for providing information to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
An information providing body for providing a software to be executed to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
No related US applications are recorded in the indexed filing history.
For discs without cartridge: comprising centre hole locking means
Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon: modified to store record carriers
Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
Term ended 6 Dec 2020 (estimated)
USPTO file history isn’t available for this patent, so only indexed dates are shown.
The present invention relates to a recording medium holder for accommodating a recording medium which stores information to be provided to an information processing apparatus and an information providing body which accommodates the recording medium in the recording medium holder, and more particularly to a recording medium holder which can accommodate a recording device for recording relevant data generated in relation to information processing in the information processing apparatus together with the recording medium and an information providing body which accommodates the recording medium and the recording device in the recording medium holder.
Among game apparatus systems, there have been a game apparatus system in which, in accordance with playing of the game, relevant data such as various setting information, instructions against the game generated in response to various manipulations by a player, information indicative of progress of the game and the like are generated. Such a game apparatus system is generally constituted such that a recording device for recording data can be mounted on the game apparatus system. Therefore, when the game is interrupted, the generated relevant data can be recorded in the recording device. Accordingly, once the relevant data is recorded in the recording device, with the use of the relevant data recorded in the recording device, at the time of playing the game again, it is unnecessary to start the game again from the beginning of the game and the game can be continued from the state at a point of time of interruption. Further, to start the game again using a different game device, the game can be started from the interrupted state with the use of the relevant data.
Incidentally, a user of the game device is apt to purchase various kinds of game software and enjoy them. In this case, the recording of the relevant data becomes necessary for each game. However, the recording capacity of the recording device is limited and hence, the data content of the relevant data which can be recorded is limited. Accordingly, to prevent an occurrence of a trouble that the recording of the relevant data becomes impossible at the time of interruption of the game, it becomes necessary to always prepare a new recording device. Further, to enjoy a large number of games, as a result, a large number of recording devices for recording the relevant data corresponding to various game softwares are required. To cope with such a situation, it becomes necessary to prepare and store the recording devices corresponding to game softwares respectively.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing one example of a recording medium holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention in an opened state.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a cross section with a part broken away of the recording medium holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a cross section with a part broken away of the recording medium holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Embodiments of the present invention are respectively explained hereinafter in conjunction with attached drawings. The following embodiments explain a case in which the present invention is applied to a recording medium holder which accommodates a recording medium recording game software and a recording device being used for recording relevant data generated along with executing of the game and a case in which the present invention is applied to an information providing body are explained. It is needless to say that objects to which the recording medium holder and the information providing body of the present invention are applied are not limited to the recording medium which records game software or the information providing body which accommodates and provides such recording medium.
In the embodiments of the present invention, as an example of a recording medium which is accommodated in the recording medium holder, the present invention is intended for a disc-type recording medium 400 shown in FIG. 17. Examples of the recording medium include a CD, a DVD and the like. As shown in FIG. 17, the disc-type recording medium 400 has a through hole 410 on the center thereof.
This disc-type recording medium 400 is mounted on a disc-type recording medium reproducing part 11 of a game apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 13. Then, software stored in the recording medium 400 is read into the game apparatus 10 for the execution of a game.