发明名称 |
Home video game system with hard disk drive and internet access capability |
摘要 |
An existing video game system is modified to include additional communication and storage capability via a modem and hard disk drive. The modification may involve the use of an expansion device coupled to a video game system port. A cable TV tuner is also included in the expansion device to assist in providing a unique picture-in-picture video capability. TV signals are coupled to the expansion device via the RF input from either cable TV or off-air signals. These RF signals are blended with the output signals from the video game system. A user may, for example, watch TV while viewing overlay information from the video game console. A user may receive a TV channel guide downloaded via the Internet, spot a program which the user desires to view and immediately access, via an IR input, the desired channel through the expansion device TV tuner. A user may also watch TV while simultaneously logging onto the Internet. A hard drive permits downloading from the Internet of entire games.
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申请公布号 |
US6599194(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.07.29 |
申请号 |
US19990288293 |
申请日期 |
1999.04.08 |
申请人 |
SMITH DARREN;ELLIOTT SCOTT;MCCARTEN DAVID J. |
发明人 |
SMITH DARREN;ELLIOTT SCOTT;MCCARTEN DAVID J. |
分类号 |
A63F13/12;G06F21/00;(IPC1-7):A63F13/00 |
主分类号 |
A63F13/12 |
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