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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Scott Gavin, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 9/08 ; A63F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 9/08 ; A63F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for dynamically loading game software for smooth game play. A load boundary associated with a game environment is identified. A position of a character in the game environment is then monitored. Instructions corresponding to another game environment are loaded into a memory when the character crosses the load boundary, such that game play is not interrupted.