lol nothing will come of this, otherwise Nintendo would break out some of their patents
MULTI-USER COMMUNICATIONS USING DISCRETE VIDEO GAME PLATFORMS (AKA online multi-player)
http://www.google.com/patents?id=KuCVAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Game apparatus, game system, and storing medium storing game program in which display is divided between players (AKA split screen multi-player)
Abstract
A game apparatus that includes a CPU and in which a plurality of players participate and play a game on a display screen displayed on a common display device. A display area is divided by the number of participating players, and the divided areas are allotted to each player. In addition, an evaluating value is set according to a superiority or inferiority situation of a play content of each player, a size of the divided areas are changed based on the evaluating value, and the display screen in correspondence with a change of the divided areas is generated and displayed. Furthermore, when there is a player who reaches game-over, the display area is re-divided by the number of remaining players.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=nintendo.ASNM.&s2=controller&OS=AN/nintendo+AND+controller&RS=AN/nintendo+AND+controller
Video game system and camera accessory for a video game system
Abstract
A digital camera accessory is provided for use with a game system having a processing system to execute a video game program and player controls operable by a user to generate video game control signals. The digital camera accessory includes an image sensor for capturing video images, communication circuitry configured to transmit the captured video images, and a connector that, in use, electrically connects the digital camera accessory to the game system.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=27&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=nintendo.ASNM.&OS=AN/nintendo&RS=AN/nintendo
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