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DVD game remote controller

  • US 7,115,032 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2004
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a remote control device for arbitrating between a plurality of game participants playing a DVD-based electronic game having game control logic that controls game flow and having game challenges stored on a DVD medium that are presented to the game participants and are selectable by the game control logic, comprising:

  • receiving an indication of a desire to respond to a current challenge in a game turn from a plurality of auxiliary devices, each associated with one of the game participants;

    determining which of the received indications was the first received indication;

    designating the game participant associated with the auxiliary device that corresponds to the determined first received indication as the next participant to respond to the current challenge; and

    notifying the game control logic of the designated next participant.

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