Method of and system for adding information and recording medium
CA 2285126 A1 · Owner: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. · Inventors: Yamamoto, Tetsuji; Sawaguchi, Kenji; Shinkai, Yuji
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An entertainment apparatus has a manual controller for entering control information, a main memory for loading therein a program and information for use by the program a, CPU for performing processing according to the program based on control information entered by the manual controller a, GTE and a GPU for generating at least image information based on the processing performed by the CPU and a display, monitor for displaying image information generated by the GTE and the GPU. A method of adding information for use by a program run on the entertainment apparatus has the step of adding additional information by loading the additional information via a memory card or a portable information …
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- Filed October 6, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 6, 2019.
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