Patent ID: 6769989
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A home video game system for executing video game programs and for generating game play graphics in response to player controller control signals generated by a player operating a player controller for display on a television, said home video game system including a removable memory insertion port for receiving a removable memory storing video game program instructions, comprising:a game processing system including a main processor, operatively coupled to receive video game instructions from said removable memory when inserted into the removable memory insertion port for executing a video game program, and a graphics coprocessor for processing graphics information under control of said main processor, and being responsive to said player controller control signal for generating game play graphics for display on a television; communications circuitry, coupled in use to said game processing system and to a user's communications network, for linking said game processing system to the Internet and permitting communication from the player to another party over the Internet; a writeable mass storage device coupled in use to said game processing system for receiving information downloaded from the Internet; and cryptographic processing circuitry, coupled to said mass storage device, for decrypting at least some of said information downloaded from the Internet.