Zathras Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/ni..._online_gaming/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Odd that they'd patent something that doesn't even friggin exist. Will this patent somehow affect MS's LIVE service?? :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Don't worry guys, I already pointed out to them yesterday that they're off on the Live launch date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYING SE7EN Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Yeah, I would imagine that MS had patents for its Live service in order way, way, way before the beta testing even took place. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillho Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 When did Dreamcast go online? They were first out of the shoot really weren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zot Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I hope Nintendo has some good patent lawyers, because I KNOW Microsoft has... oh... a few :twisted: Really surprised you could patent something like that, would seem those items would be public domain by the fact that they are so widely used already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 This patent is regarding the Nintendo 64's 64DD add-on. See this article about it a few days ago at Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/17/news_6105085.html (whoops, I fixed the link now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 The best thing about that article is that Gamespot "acquired a scan of the actual patent documents." I guess that's what you say when you cut-and-paste a patent number into the USPTO search engine and then click on the images button (horse's mouth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Well what do you know. At least they're more on the ball than The Register... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Originally posted by Dan B.@Aug 20 2004, 12:32 PM Well what do you know. At least they're more on the ball than The Register... Oh, hey, I'm not complaining. Kudos to Gamespot for checking the filing and reporting what they found rather than promulgating a rumor. I'm just amused by their language. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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