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Portable game machine with download capability

  • US 6,544,126 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2001
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A game system comprising:

  • a portable game machine adapted for receiving an information storage medium in receiving portion thereof, and further including readable/writable storage, said portable game machine selecting between (a) process to start, in response to application of power, execute code stored in said information storage medium when said information storage medium is received by said receiving portion, and (b) a process to request another game machine to transfer executable code thereto for execution when said information storage medium is not received in said receiving portion;

    said another game machine removably receiving a further information storage medium storing further code and reading the further code out of the further information storage medium and transferring said further code to said portable game machine;

    wherein said portable game machine writes the further code transferred thereto from said another game machine into said readable/writable storage, and executes the further code written in said readable/writable storage.

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