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Microsoft files patent for "Saved Games"
WMD:
I could only find this, not an article:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PAL L&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,716,102.WKU.&OS=PN/6,716,102&RS=PN/6,716,102
mobrien_12:
Amazing.
They didn't just file it. The USPTO actually give it to them.
quote:Abstract of the Patent
A gaming system includes a hard disk drive for storing applications and other data. The hard disk drive has multiple storage areas for storing different types of data. Each application executed on the gaming system has an associated data storage area and is prevented from using data storage areas associated with other applications. When saving a game, the saved game data may include a descriptive name of the saved game, a graphic representation of the state of the game when the game was saved, a description of the game state when the game was saved, and a date and time that the game was saved.
--- End quote ---
Unbelievable. There is so much prior art that it's not even fucking funny.
Xeen:
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Seriously, when will someone abolish this joke of a patent office?
cahult:
The whole idea of patents is outdated and should be abolished. There should be a better way of sheltering your inventions. Now it
skyman8081:
um, it's a patent on a console with a built-in HDD for holding said save-games.
show me prior art of that (with a hard drive in particular)
check your facts before blindly bashing MS
[ April 16, 2004: Message edited by: Sauron: GenSTEP Fanboy ]
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