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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Robert D. Ferris, Mesa, AZ (US);
Roger D. Malin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
In an arcade system ( ), an interface circuit ( ) is configured for communication with a PC ( ) and one or more peripheral devices ( ). The interface circuit ( ) adapts a PC-based application ( ), installed on and executable from the PC ( ), to an automated format in order to include arcade-style features, such as video and audio cues, fee prompts, timing cues, and so forth. The interface circuit ( ) includes a processor ( ) in communication with a plurality of inputs and outputs on the interface circuit ( ). A memory ( ) is coupled to the processor ( ) and includes a user-configurable control program ( ) executable on the processor ( ). The user-configurable control program ( ) selectively translates the data received from the peripheral devices ( ) to a data format that is recognized by the PC-based application ( ) and selectively enables the transfer of the data from the peripheral devices ( ) to the PC ( ).