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Interactive entertainment personalisation

  • US 5,751,953 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1996
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Interactive entertainment apparatus operable to output sequences of image frames comprising a user-influenced path through a branch structured narrative, the apparatus comprising:

  • a source of image frame data for all branch structure paths of the narrative;

    branch storage means for data defining the narrative branch structure;

    user operable input means;

    branch selection means coupled to the branch storage means and operable to determine when the narrative reaches a branch point and to call one of two or more image frame sequences from the image frame source in dependence on the user input;

    an output for the selected image frame sequences; and

    a user memory,the branch selection means being arranged to record therein data specifying two or more past user inputs, and to refuse or enable access to at least one path from a branch path in dependence on the stored past input data.

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