Patent ID: 8858341

Claim:
A multi video game changer, comprising: a magazine configured to hold a plurality of video game media; a communication interface compatible with a game console; a media interface adapted to access game data on the plurality of video game media from the magazine; a management module having a memory and a processor configured to execute software instructions stored in the memory, the software instructions configured to: (a) receive a connection over the communication interface from the game console, (b) accept proprietary instructions from the game console through the connection defining how to locally read game data from one or more of the plurality of video game media using the media interface; (c) instantiate, according to the proprietary instructions, a secured buffer within the memory where only the game console is authorized to access the secured buffer, the secured buffer restricted to have a capacity less than an entire game stored on at least one of the plurality of video game media; and (d) read the game data from one or more of the plurality of video game media according to the proprietary instructions and stream the game data to the game console over the connection while buffering in the console specific instantiated secured buffer an amount of the game data, where the amount is restricted from exceeding no more than ten percent of a capacity of at least one of the plurality of video game media; and wherein the memory comprises no more than one gigabyte of storage space.