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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1998
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Nakane, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Fuse, Hachioji, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
By enabling exchange of information relating to players, apart from game data, “communication” between the players is increased, and the sense of rivalry and level of interest generated by a game are raised. The communicative game system,forms a network comprising a plurality of game devices,connected mutually by communications media,. The plurality of game devices,respectively comprise a communications system,for receiving data transferred over the network and transferring the received data and data generated by the home game device onto the network, and a host system,for accessing the received data. By this means, data comprising a game packet, sound packet and video packet can be transmitted by conducting broadcast communications based on the communications system,and host system,between the plurality of game devices