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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Dwayne Thomas Crump, Apex, NC (US);
William Bruce Nicol, II, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a video game system for connecting to the Internet and allowing a user to transfer/receive data therefrom. The video game system includes a connector port for removably and electrically connecting a cartridge to the game console. The cartridge includes an application program stored therein, a modem and a telephone port for transferring data between the Internet and the video game system via a telephone line. A processor is electrically coupled to a system memory, the connector port and the I/O port. The processor is operative to (1) transfer the application program from the first cartridge to the system memory, execute the application program out of system memory and display an Internet graphical user interface (GUI) on the video display device and (2) execute Internet protocol programs to connect to the Internet and transfer data between the Internet and the video game system via the graphical user interface.