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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:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sean M Callahan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edward Harp, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Leak, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rocket Science Games, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395154 ; 395152 ; 395153 ; 395155 ; 395160 ; 395140 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for game development. On a first display, a branched time line structure including decision nodes is developed. On a second display, video images are viewed. According to the present invention, portions of the video images are correlated with portions of the branched time line structure so that upon simulated play, a game developer can move along the branched time line structure, taking alternate time paths when reaching decision nodes.