Video architecture and methodology for family of related games
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1. A video game system for providing a display presentation, the system comprising:
- core game application logic for providing video game logic associated with a video game and a respective display presentation therefor as associated with the video game, Core Image Database (CID) comprising a core set of video image data and audio image data in a structure comprising a Core Image Database Fixed portion (CIDF) and a Core Image Database Variable (CIDV) portion, and an image-mapper for providing control for managing and selecting of video image data and audio image data from a combination of the CIDF portion and the CIDV portion, to provide all content needed to provide the display presentation, responsive to the core game application logic.
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Abstract
This invention relates to video games, their design, architecture, methodology, and more particularly to an architecture and methodology for providing interchangeable reward provision. The present invention provides for a nucleus of game application core and fixed image database and sound database, which are utilized in conjunction with interchangeable linked image databases including visual and sound, so as to permit a single video game design effort to have multiple lives and additional revenues.
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1. A video game system for providing a display presentation, the system comprising:
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core game application logic for providing video game logic associated with a video game and a respective display presentation therefor as associated with the video game, Core Image Database (CID) comprising a core set of video image data and audio image data in a structure comprising a Core Image Database Fixed portion (CIDF) and a Core Image Database Variable (CIDV) portion, and an image-mapper for providing control for managing and selecting of video image data and audio image data from a combination of the CIDF portion and the CIDV portion, to provide all content needed to provide the display presentation, responsive to the core game application logic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 45, 49, 50, 89)
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- 15. The system as in 14, wherein the LID is coupled to the system via online linkage to provide for online integration and mapping of the LID into the CIDV portion responsive to the LDI.
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- 37. The system as in 36, wherein there are a plurality of the LIDs, wherein the system provides for a family of a plurality of video game entertainment products, each of the plurality utilizing the common identity game structure supportive of a common single development environment with each of the plurality utilizing a different one of the plurality of the LIDs responsive to the CIDV index.
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39. The system as in 38, wherein there are a plurality of the LIDs, wherein the system provides for providing a family of a plurality of vjdeo game entertainment products, each of the plurality utilizing the common identity game structure supportive of a common single development environment with each of the plurality utilizing a different one of the plurality of the LIDs responsive to the CIDV index.
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51. A method for providing a display presentation for a video game, the method comprising:
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providing video game logic for providing a respective display presentation associated with the video game;
providing a Core Image Database (CID) comprising a core set of video image data and audio image data in a structure comprising a Core Image Database Fixed portion (CIDF) and a core Image Database Variable portion (CIDV); and
providing image-mapper control for managing and selecting of at least one of video image data and audio image data from a combination of the CIDF portion and the CIDV portion, to provide all content needed by the video game logic to provide the display presentation. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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55. A video interactive entertainment system comprising:
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a core image database (CID) comprising video image data and audio image data, and further comprising a fixed portion (CIDF) and a variable portion (CIDV) which together define the complete image content for a presentation associated with interactive video entertainment;
mapping means for providing control for managing and selecting certain ones of the video image data and the audio image data from the Core Image Database (CID); and
core interactive entertainment application logic providing interactive video entertainment logic utilized for providing the presentation responsive to the mapping means. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An entertainment system comprising:
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a controller comprising a processor, memory, and user interface, and means for providing a display presentation output;
Core Entertainment Application Software (CEAS);
a Core Image Database (CID) a with Core Image Database Fixed (CIDF) portion and a Core Image Database Variable (CIDV) portion;
an associative image-mapper with a CIDF portion and a CIDV portion, wherein the controller is responsive to the CEAS and the CID responsive to the image-mapper to selectively integrate from both of the CIDF portion and CIDV portion of the CID to provide a display presentation. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A video entertainment system comprising:
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a processing subsystem;
a user interface and display generation subsystem;
a specific core game application software written for a target genre of game, wherein said core game application software is further comprised of image-m-Dapper logic which defines specific locations in the core game application software utilizing image database content, wherein the image-mapper logic controls the selection process from the image database content, wherein the image database content is comprised of at least one of a fixed portion and a variable portion;
at least one Linked Image Database (LID) and a Linked Databases Index (LDI) associated with the at least one LID; and
wherein the image-mapper provides for inclusion of content, as necessary, from the LID, associatively indexed to the image database variable portion, utilized in conjunction with the fixed portion of the image database, to provide all image content for a video game presentation.
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