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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William M Hawkins, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oren J Tversky, Stanford, CA (US);
Nick Robins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stewart K Hester, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
3DO Company, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709203 ; 709212 ; 709218 ; 709303 ; 463-1 ; 463 42 ; 463 43 ; 712 31 ;
Abstract
The mapping of playing objects from one game to another. In one embodiment, generic attributes of an object may be mapped to game-specific attributes. The mapping may either change or maintain the look and feel of an object. For example, a fast but lightly-armed starship in one game may be mapped to a quick but weak warrior in another game.
Published as:
CA2253481A1; WO9741932A2; AU2998997A; WO9741932A3; EP0898487A1; EP0898487A4; US6009458A; HK1019209A1; EP0898487B1; ATE265880T1; US6745236B1; DE69728979D1; DE69728979T2; CA2253481C;