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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:
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 ( ).
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