Patent ID: 7849491
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: A63F,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a video game box comprising: downloading a software video game to a storage device via a wireless transceiver, the software video game being compliant with a game platform standard; running the software video game on a game card coupled to the video game box via an interface, the game card including a processor, a memory and a graphics engine, the game card providing a game platform compliant with the game platform standard, high twitch-action video game data being output through the interface; processing the high twitch-action video game data for output to a display device; compressing the high twitch-action video game data with a latency of less than approximately 80 ms, but greater than about 5 ms; wirelessly transmitting the compressed high twitch-action video game data to a remote player via the wireless transceiver during interactive play of the software video game, the remote player being located a distance beyond a transmission distance of the wireless transceiver.