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Video sports game system using trading cards
Assignee: Hero Inc
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Filing: 1992-11-23
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Granted: 1995-05-02
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Expires: 2012-11-23
Abstract
Abstract The system includes a control system (12) which carries out the performance of a video sports game, such as a baseball game, and controls the display on a video monitor (14). Input information concerning the performance of players in the game is supplied via trading card elements (20--20), each of the trading card elements having a conventional trading card appearance which includes a photograph of the player and performance data in human-readable form. The trading card element (20) also includes machine-readable performance information (input data) which is readable by a card reader (22) which applies the input data on the card to the control system (12), which then creates the two teams and carries out the game.
Inventors
- 👤 Carl P. Pearson
- 👤 David W. Hood
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:31
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/80; A63F13/812; A63F1/00; A63F1/04; A63F13/90; A63F13/95; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/2411; A63F2009/2413; A63F2009/2419; A63F2009/242; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/28; A63F2250/285; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/20; A63F2300/206; A63F2300/80; A63F2300/8011
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
A video game system, comprising: an electronic game system for use with a video monitor for displaying the playing of a video game, wherein the players in the video game are representative of actual people with known performance information; software control means for carrying out a video game and controlling the display on the monitor in accordance with a software program stored in said software control means and in accordance with certain selected input data for the players in the video game supplied by trading card elements and certain additional input data for said players which is stored in a separate system memory means and accessed by access indicia on said trading card elements, Wherein the access indicia on each trading card accesses additional input data for the player featured on the trading card; means for obtaining for said software control means said additional input data, which includes performance information, from said system memory means; card reader means supplying said selected input data and said access indicia to said software control means, in response to the trading card elements being selectively placed therein; and trading card elements having stored thereon said selected input data concerning performance information of said players and said access indicia, wherein said selected input data and said access indicia are readable by said card reader means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
A video game system, comprising: an electronic game system for use with a video monitor for displaying the playing of a video game, wherein the players in the video game are representative of actual people with known performance information; software control means for carrying out a video game and controlling the display on the monitor in accordance with a software program stored in said software control means and in accordance with certain selected input data for the players in the video game supplied by trading card elements and certain additional input data for said players which is stored in a separate system memory means and accessed by access indicia on said trading card elements, Wherein the access indicia on each trading card accesses additional input data for the player featured on the trading card; means for obtaining for said software control means said additional input data, which includes performance information, from said system memory means; card reader means supplying said selected input data and said access indicia to said software control means, in response to the trading card elements being selectively placed therein; and trading card elements having stored thereon said selected input data concerning performance information of said players and said access indicia, wherein said selected input data and said access indicia are readable by said card reader means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the trading card elements include card elements having input data affecting the play of the game other than player performance information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the video game is a sports game and wherein the players are well-known figures in that game.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A system of claim 3, wherein the trading card elements include a photograph of the player and human-readable performance information thereon, substantially identical to existing sports trading cards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A system of claim 3, wherein the sports video game is baseball.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the control means is responsive to a change in the players during playing of the game to alter the playing of the game accordingly.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the video monitor is a television screen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the additional input data includes information which affects the play of the game other than player performance information.
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