Electronic entertainment and communication system
First Claim
1. A guest room communications system for generating interactive, in-room videographic display sessions in a plurality of guest rooms comprising:
- an in-room display located in each of the plurality of guest rooms;
an array of videographic processing systems, the number of videographic processing systems in said array being less than the number of guest rooms, each videographic processing system including;
a videographics program executing processor receiving information generated during an in-room interactive videographics display session, anda memory system, coupled to said videographics program executing processor, storing a videographics program,each videographic processing system in the array assignable to any of the in-room displays; and
a data director directing information generated in one of the guest rooms to an identified videographics processing system for processing.
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Abstract
An electronic entertainment and communications system permits users to actively participate in video game play or to use other data processing/communication services. In a guest room based entertainment system or in a passenger based entertainment system, each guest or passenger is associated with a terminal device including a display and a controller. An array of video graphics processing systems is provided where the number of video graphics processing systems in the array is less than the number of guest or passenger terminals. Each video graphics processing system includes a video graphics program executing processor, which processes information generated during an interactive video graphics display session, and a memory system storing a video graphics program. Each video graphics processing system in the array is assignable to any of the guest or passenger terminals.
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48 Claims
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1. A guest room communications system for generating interactive, in-room videographic display sessions in a plurality of guest rooms comprising:
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an in-room display located in each of the plurality of guest rooms; an array of videographic processing systems, the number of videographic processing systems in said array being less than the number of guest rooms, each videographic processing system including; a videographics program executing processor receiving information generated during an in-room interactive videographics display session, and a memory system, coupled to said videographics program executing processor, storing a videographics program, each videographic processing system in the array assignable to any of the in-room displays; and a data director directing information generated in one of the guest rooms to an identified videographics processing system for processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A guest room communications system for generating in-room video displays on one of a plurality of guest room display units, comprising:
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a controller; a plurality of computer programs identifiable by program identifiers; and a plurality of first data processors, each of the plurality of first data processors for executing at least one of the plurality of programs stored in its associated program receiving system for generating a video display on a guest room display device, the controller being operable to dynamically assign each of the plurality of first data processors to one of the plurality of guest room display units, wherein the controller indicates that one of the computer programs is to be executed by an assigned one of the first data processors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A videographics entertainment system comprising:
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a first number of remotely-located displays; a host computer; a storage device storing a plurality of computer programs; and a second number, less than the first number, of videographics processing systems, each videographics processing system being operable to execute one of the plurality of computer programs stored in the storage device and to generate a videographics display on one of the plurality of displays, wherein the host computer is operable to dynamically assign each of the videographic processing systems to any one of the displays. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a guest room entertainment system having a host computer, a plurality of in-room display units, and an array of videographics processing systems, where the number of videographics processing systems is smaller than the number of in-room display systems, a method of operating the guest room entertainment system, comprising:
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displaying at each of the plurality of in-room display units, a display menu identifying a plurality of videographics programs; detecting the videographics program selected by a user; dynamically assigning one of the videographics processing systems to the in-room display unit where a videographics program was selected; providing the videographics program selected by the user to the assigned videographics processing system; and the assigned videographics processing system executing the videographics program selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A room based communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of in-room display units; an array of videographics processing systems including plural video game processors each being coupled to a storage that stores at least one of a plurality of computer programs, a host computer controlling operation of the array of videographics processing systems by dynamically assigning ones of the videographics processing systems to any one of the in-room display units, a number of videographics processing systems being less than a number of in-room display devices; each associated receiving system storing program information and moving object and background character data and each videographics processor executing a program transferred from the storage to generate a videographics display at a display unit and processing moving object and background character data stored in said associated receiving system. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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24. A room based communication system according to claim 24, further comprising:
an in-room controller having a plurality of control keys for generating keystroke data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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28. A passenger-based communications system for generating interactive, videographic display sessions at a plurality of passenger locations, comprising:
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a display located at each of the plurality of passenger locations; an array of videographic processing systems, the number of videographic processing systems in the array being less than the number of passenger locations, each videographic processing system including; a videographics program executing processor receiving information generated during an interactive videographics display session, and a memory system, coupled to the videographics program executing processor, storing a videographics program, each videographic processing system in the array assignable to any of the passenger displays; and a data director directing information generated at one of the passenger seats to an identified videographics processing system for processing. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A passenger-based communications system for generating video displays on one of a plurality of passenger display units, comprising:
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a controller; a plurality of computer programs identifiable by program identifiers; and a plurality of first data processors, each of the plurality of first data processors configured to execute at least one of the plurality of programs stored in its associated program receiving system to generate a video display on one of the passenger display units, the controller configured to dynamically assign each of the plurality of first data processors to one of the plurality of passenger display units, wherein the controller is configured to indicate that one of the computer programs is to be executed by an assigned one of the first data processors. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. In a passenger-based entertainment system having a host computer, a plurality of passenger display units, and an array of videographics processing systems, where the number of videographics processing systems is smaller than the number of passenger display units, a method of operating the passenger-based entertainment system, comprising:
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displaying at each of the plurality of passenger display units, a display menu identifying a plurality of videographics programs; detecting the videographics program selected by a passenger; dynamically assigning one of the videographics processing systems to the passenger display unit where a videographics program was selected; providing the videographics program selected by the passenger to the assigned videographics processing system; and the assigned videographics processing system executing the videographics program selected by the passenger. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A passenger-based communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of passenger display units; an array of videographics processing systems including plural video game processors each being coupled to a storage that stores at least one of a plurality of computer programs, a host computer controlling operation of the array of videographics processing systems by dynamically assigning ones of the videographics processing systems to any one of the passenger display units, a number of videographics processing systems being less than a number of passenger display units; each associated receiving system storing program information and moving object and background character data and each videographics processor executing a program transferred from the storage to generate a videographics display at a display unit and processing moving object and background character data stored in the associated receiving system. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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Specification