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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph H Baer, Manchester, NH (US);
Leonard D Cope, Merrimack, NH (US);
Thomas J Mortimer, Amherst, NH (US);
Assignee:
Sanders Associates, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 273 94 ; 273D / ; 340726 ;
Abstract
Instant replay for microprocessor-controlled video games is provided by storing and retaining for a period of time in a random access memory the results of microprocessor polling of each of the player command entry devices. In a memory conserving embodiment only newly entered player commands and the times when such commands are entered need be stored and retained.