Patent ID: 6190257
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
For use with a video game system console having a game microprocessor for executing a video game program and a 3D graphics and audio coprocessor coupled to said game microprocessor for cooperating with said game microprocessor to execute said video game program and provide audio and 3D graphics output signals, a portable device for controlling, at least in part, the operation of said video game system console, said portable device comprising:a housing;a memory disposed within said housing, said memory storing video game instructions and 3D graphics and sound data;at least one multiplexed bus conductive pathway disposed within said housing, said pathway, in use, electrically coupling said memory to said coprocessor, the multiplexed bus conductive pathway transmitting address signals to said memory and receiving information accessed from said memory;addressing logic circuitry coupled to the bus pathway and disposed within said housing, said addressing logic circuitry gating address signals received from said bus pathway to address said memory;readout circuitry disposed within said housing and coupled to said multiplexed bus pathway, said readout circuitry coupling information read out of said memory to said multiplexed bus pathway; andan authenticating processor disposed within said housing, said authenticating processor transmitting and receiving information to and from said video game system console, said authenticating processor, in use, authenticating said portable device to said video game system console.