Portable wireless network game apparatus and method thereof

• US 6,383,075 B1
• Filed: 04/28/2000
• Issued: 05/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gamepark, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gamepark, Inc.
• Inventors: Jeong, Dae-Wook, Jeon, Hyoung-Gun
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kim T.
• Application Number:
  US09/560,482
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 463/30, 463/31, 463/39, 463/40, 463/42, 463/43, 463/44
• US Class Current: 463/39
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/402 Communication between platforms, i.e. physical link to protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable wireless network game apparatus which comprises: a display device displaying graphics; a game program pack including a storage device which stores the game program; a function key unit generating control signals to control operations of the game program; a microprocessor loading the game program stored in the game program pack for executing the game, generating and outputting the graphics signals and audio signals of the game program, transmitting the graphics signals to the display device, receiving the control signals of the function key unit to execute the operations of the game program, and outputting control signals to transmit/receive data of the operations of the game program to/from opponents'"'"' game apparatuses; a base band wave generator generating base band carrier waves to transmit the data of the operations of the game program; a transmitter receiving the base band carrier waves and game executing data of the microprocessor, converting the base band carrier waves into carrier waves of a predetermined band, readying the game executing data on the carrier waves and modulating the same, and transmitting the modulated signals to opponents'"'"' game apparatuses; and a receiver receiving the modulated signals including the game executing data from the opponent'"'"'s game apparatus, demodulating the same to the game executing data, and transmitting the game executing data to the microprocessor.

Claims

1. In a plurality of wireless network game apparatuses for a plurality of gamers to wirelessly play the games, a portable wireless network game method, comprising the steps of:

(a) loading a game program and executing the same;

(b) displaying graphics of the game program on a display device;

(c) selecting opponents and a frequency channel;

(d) the gamer playing the game by using the graphics of the game program displayed on the display device;

(e) readying the game executing data on carrier waves and modulating the carrier waves;

(f) transmitting the carrier waves to opponents'"'"' game apparatuses on the selected frequency channel;

(g) receiving the carrier waves including the game executing data of the opponents'"'"' game apparatuses from the opponents'"'"' game apparatuses on the selected frequency channel;

(h) demodulating the game executing data of the opponents'"'"' game apparatuses; and

(i) processing the game executing data of the opponents'"'"' game apparatuses and displaying the game executing data on the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps (d) through (i) are repeatedly executed for the gamer to play the game with the opponents.