Interactive television and video game system
First Claim
1. A system for providing display of signals simultaneously from a video game system with television signals comprising:
- means for accessing video game signals;
means for synchronizing said video game signals to said television signals; and
means for selectively displaying said video game signals with said television signals comprising means for identifying transparent areas in said video game signal and means for displaying said video game signal overlaying said television signal.
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Abstract
An interactive video game-television system wherein video game cartridge information is accessed in response to encoded signals transmitted with NTSC television signals. The encoded signals are decoded and provided to access the video game system which outputs an RGB video game signal. The RGB video game signal is synchronized by the synchronization data from the television signal and converted to an NTSC video game signal which is selectively displayed with the NTSC television signal. User interaction with the NTSC video game signal by input at a remote or wired hand controller is provided to the video game system for interacting with the NTSC video game signal.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for providing display of signals simultaneously from a video game system with television signals comprising:
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means for accessing video game signals; means for synchronizing said video game signals to said television signals; and means for selectively displaying said video game signals with said television signals comprising means for identifying transparent areas in said video game signal and means for displaying said video game signal overlaying said television signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A television system comprising:
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receiver means for receiving signals including video television signals, video game data and synchronization signals; means for generating video game signals in response to said video game data; means for synchronizing said video game signals to said video television signals in response to said synchronization signals; and means for selectively displaying said video game signals simultaneously with said video television signals, comprising means for identifying transparent areas in said video game signal and means for displaying said video game signal overlaying said television signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A video system for providing video game overlay of displayed NTSC television signals comprising:
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receiver means for receiving transmitted signals including NTSC television signals, encoded video game information and synchronization data; separator means for separating said transmitted signals and outputting NTSC television signals, encoded video game information and synchronization data; decoder means for decoding said encoded video game information; video game means for generating at least one video game signal in response to said decoded video game information; sampling means for receiving and digitizing said at least one video game signal; synchronization means for synchronizing said at least one digitized sampled video game signal to said NTSC television signals in accordance with said synchronization data; conversion means for converting said at least one synchronized video game signal to NTSC video game signals; overlay means for simultaneous display of said at least one NTSC video game signal and said NTSC television signal; and means for identifying transparent areas in said synchronized video game signal and outputting control signals. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing interaction of a video game system via controller signals during display of television signals comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one signal comprising video television signals, encoded video game data and synchronization data; decoding said encoded video game data; generating video game signals by providing decoded video game data to said video game system, outputting video game signals from said video game system in response to said decoded video game data, and digitizing said video game signals; synchronizing said video game signals to said video television signals in response to said synchronization data; identifying transparent areas of said video game signals; displaying video game signals simultaneously with said video television signals; and varying said display of said video game signals in response to said controller signals. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for providing interaction of a video game system via controller signals during display of television signals comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one signal comprising video television signals, encoded video game data and synchronization data; decoding said video game data; generating video game signals by providing video game data to said video game system, outputting video game signals from said video game system, and digitizing said video game signals; synchronizing said video game signals in response to said synchronization data; displaying video game signals and said video television signals by identifying transparent areas of said video game signals prior to said displaying and overlaying said video television signals with said video game signals wherein said display of said video television signals comprises said transparent areas of said video game signals; and varying said display of said video game signals in response to said controller signals.
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