Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein
First Claim
1. Apparatus for executing a game program having advertisements therein, comprising:
- storage means for storing a game program;
means for receiving advertising data relating to at least one advertisement, said means for receiving being operable to receive new advertisement data at predetermined times, and wherein said storage means stores the received advertising data; and
program execution means for executing said game program stored in said storage means and outputting display data corresponding to the advertisement data stored in said storage means in accordance with said game program.
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Abstract
A game system which is operable to update advertisements that are displayed when a game program is executed. The system stores a game program in a memory, receives (i.e., downloads), at predetermined times of operation, for example, on each new day the game program is executed or each time the game program is executed, updated advertising data that relates to at least one advertisement, stores the received advertising data in the memory, executes the game program stored in the memory, and outputs during the execution of the game program display data which corresponds to the stored advertisement data in accordance with the game program code. Further, instead of downloading new advertisements, plural advertisements may be prestored with the game program and only advertisement selection codes are downloaded to update the advertisements that are displayed when the game program is executed.
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1. Apparatus for executing a game program having advertisements therein, comprising:
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storage means for storing a game program;
means for receiving advertising data relating to at least one advertisement, said means for receiving being operable to receive new advertisement data at predetermined times, and wherein said storage means stores the received advertising data; and
program execution means for executing said game program stored in said storage means and outputting display data corresponding to the advertisement data stored in said storage means in accordance with said game program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for executing a game program having advertisements therein, comprising:
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storage means for storing a game program and advertising data relating to a plurality of advertisements;
means for receiving at predetermined times advertising selection data identifying selected ones of said plurality of advertisements stored in said storage means; and
program execution means for executing said game program stored in said storage means and outputting display data corresponding to the selected advertisements identified in said advertising selection data at respective times in accordance with said game program. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. Method of executing a game program having advertisements therein, comprising the steps of:
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storing a game program in memory;
receiving advertising data relating to at least one advertisement at predetermined times;
storing the received advertising data in the memory;
executing the game program stored in the memory; and
outputting display data corresponding to the advertisement data stored in the memory in accordance with the game program. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. Method of executing a game program having advertisements therein, comprising the steps of:
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storing a game program and advertising data relating to a plurality of advertisements in a memory;
receiving at predetermined times advertising selection data identifying selected ones of the plurality of advertisements stored in the memory;
executing the game program stored in the memory; and
outputting display data corresponding to the selected advertisements identified in the advertising selection data at respective times in accordance with the game program. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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