DVD-enabling dongle for a console-based gaming system
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1. A console-based gaming system, comprising:
- a game console having an optical disk drive to read optical disks and at least one game controller slot to mate with a compatible connector on a game controller; and
a dongle separate from, but operably couplable to the game controller slot of the game console, the dongle storing DVD playback code that can be downloaded to the game console to enable DVD playback when the dongle is operably coupled to the game console.
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Abstract
A peripheral dongle for a console-based gaming system facilitates DVD movie playback. The dongle has a connector that plugs into a USB game port in the console. The dongle stores playback code that enables DVD movie playback. When connected to the game console, the dongle passes the playback code over the USB connection to the game console, where it is executed to adopt the gaming system for DVD playback. The dongle also has an IR (infrared) receiver to receive and decode commands entered via a remote control.
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1. A console-based gaming system, comprising:
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a game console having an optical disk drive to read optical disks and at least one game controller slot to mate with a compatible connector on a game controller; and
a dongle separate from, but operably couplable to the game controller slot of the game console, the dongle storing DVD playback code that can be downloaded to the game console to enable DVD playback when the dongle is operably coupled to the game console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A console-based gaming system, comprising:
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a game console; and
a peripheral device separate from, but operably couplable to the game console, the peripheral device storing code that can be downloaded to the game console when the peripheral device is operably coupled to the game console to enable enhanced functionality of the game console, the enhanced functionality being exploited at least in part by use of the peripheral device after the code is executed on the game console. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A dongle for a console-based gaming system, the gaming system having one or more game controller slots into which game controllers may be connected, the dongle comprising:
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a body;
a connector member extending from the body and compatibly formed for insertion into a game controller slot of the gaming system; and
circuitry housed within the body to store code and to download the code to the gaming system when the connector member is inserted into the game controller slot. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for enabling DVD playback on a console-based gaming system, comprising:
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detecting when a peripheral is operably coupled to the console-based gaming system, the peripheral storing DVD playback code;
downloading the DVD playback code stored on the peripheral to the console-based gaming system;
executing the DVD playback code at the console-based gaming system; and
receiving instructions, via the peripheral, to control DVD operation on the console-based gaming system after the DVD playback code is executed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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