Game program delivery system and apparatus used in same
First Claim
1. A game program delivery system for delivering a game program from a game program delivery apparatus to a first game machine having a first architecture through a bidirectional information delivery medium, comprising:
- game program delivery apparatus having a program store and a processor for performing game program delivery processing operations, said program store storing;
at least one game program for a second game machine employing a second architecture different from the first architecture of the first game machine, at least one emulator program for enable the game program for the second game machine to be executed on the first game machine by emulating the second game machine, and a game selection program for displaying game title related information relating to the game program on a display screen of the first game machine to provide for game program selection by the player, and wherein said processor for performing game program delivery processing operations is operable to transmit the game selection program to the first game machine through the bidirectional information delivery medium so that the game selection program can be executed on the first game machine to allow for selecting a game title, and to deliver an emulator program together with the game program corresponding to the selected game title related information to execute the selected game program on the first game machine, and wherein said first game machine includes;
a game program processing system for executing the game selection program sent through the bidirectional information delivery medium and to display game title related information on a display screen, a program selector for selecting a game title based upon information displayed on the display screen, and a delivery-data store for storing at least one of data and programs delivered from the game program delivery apparatus, whereby the game program delivery system allows the game program processing system of the first game machine to execute a game program based on the emulator program delivered from the game program delivery apparatus, thereby enabling game play in accordance with the game program for the second game machine on the first game machine.
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Abstract
A game program delivery system delivers a game program to a first game machine employing a first architecture. The hard disk included in a delivery apparatus stores a game program for a second game machine employing a second architecture, an emulator program and a game selection program. The delivery apparatus transmits the game selection program to the first game machine through the Internet to thereby execute the game selection program in the first game machine and allow a player to select a game title, and, when information representative of the selected game title is sent back from the first game machine, delivers the game program and for the selected game title and the emulator program. The first game machine thereafter executes the game program downloaded on a memory based on the emulator program.
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28 Claims
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1. A game program delivery system for delivering a game program from a game program delivery apparatus to a first game machine having a first architecture through a bidirectional information delivery medium, comprising:
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game program delivery apparatus having a program store and a processor for performing game program delivery processing operations, said program store storing;
at least one game program for a second game machine employing a second architecture different from the first architecture of the first game machine, at least one emulator program for enable the game program for the second game machine to be executed on the first game machine by emulating the second game machine, and a game selection program for displaying game title related information relating to the game program on a display screen of the first game machine to provide for game program selection by the player, and wherein said processor for performing game program delivery processing operations is operable to transmit the game selection program to the first game machine through the bidirectional information delivery medium so that the game selection program can be executed on the first game machine to allow for selecting a game title, and to deliver an emulator program together with the game program corresponding to the selected game title related information to execute the selected game program on the first game machine, and wherein said first game machine includes;
a game program processing system for executing the game selection program sent through the bidirectional information delivery medium and to display game title related information on a display screen, a program selector for selecting a game title based upon information displayed on the display screen, and a delivery-data store for storing at least one of data and programs delivered from the game program delivery apparatus, whereby the game program delivery system allows the game program processing system of the first game machine to execute a game program based on the emulator program delivered from the game program delivery apparatus, thereby enabling game play in accordance with the game program for the second game machine on the first game machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A game program delivery apparatus for delivering a game program through the bidirectional information delivery medium to a first game machine employing a first architecture, comprising:
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a program store and processor for performing game program delivery processing operations, wherein the program store stores;
at least one game program for a second game machine employing a second architecture different from the first architecture of the first game machine, at least one emulator program for executing a game program for the second game machine on the first game machine by emulating the second game machine, and a game selection program permitting the player to select on the first-game-machine display screen game title related information, and wherein the processor for performing game program delivery processing operations transmits the game selection program through the bidirectional information delivery medium to the first game machine so that the game selection program can be executed on the first game machine to allow for selecting a game title, and delivers together with a game program an emulator program for permitting the game program to be executed on the first game machine when information indicative of the selected game title is sent back through the bidirectional information delivery medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for delivering game programs over a communication network to a first game machine having a first architecture comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a game selection program to said first game machine;
displaying on a display associated with said first game machine information indicative of a plurality of game titles, delivering to said first game machine via a communications link, in response to the selection of a game, a game program designed for execution on a game machine having an architecture which is different from said first architecture and an emulator program for enabling execution of the selected game program on said first game machine; and
storing data indicative of said game program and said emulator program in a memory in said first game machine to enable subsequent game play of the video game associated with said game program on said first game machine. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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