Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Kelly Lindseth

Scott D Elliott

David J McCarten

Patrick Link

Jim A Sloate

Hiroshi Kamada

Steve Rabin

Hiroshi Kamadat

Multiple video game players access an encrypted video game library stored on a shared mass storage device. A multiplexer multiplexes data read from the mass storage device to provide output streams to multiple video game playing units consuming video game instructions. A secure bus communicates video game instructions from the shared mass storage device to each of the video game playing units. Video game software or other entertainment content is distributed to the shared mass storage device via electronic download in multi-level encrypted form. Before being transported, the content is encrypted and then further encrypted. Once the content has been successfully transported, it is decrypted to remove the further encryption layer&#x2014;leaving the first encryption layer intact for protecting the video game during storage on mass storage at the remote distribution location.

Multiplexed secure video game play distribution

A multiple game jukebox system includes a hard drive that is able to execute video game software designed for execution on a conventional home-based system. The hard drive embodies various partitions including multiple partitions, where each partition represents a video game DVD disk. In communicating with such a hard disk drive device using the existing DVD bus, a particular pattern of disk reads or seeks is utilized to cause the hard drive to serve alternative data on subsequent disk reads (other than what exists on the currently selected disk). A media serving device initially defaults to playing a disk that contains a game selection menu program. The menu permits a user to select one of multiple video games for play.

Enhanced video game jukebox-type system and methodology

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Kelly Lindseth