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Recording medium, method of using a computer and computer for executing role-playing games

CA 2365251 A1 · Owner: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. · Inventors: Komata, Nobuhiro

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To provide a user interface for exchanges among on-screen characters which is easier-to-use than selecting certain items by a player pushing a simple ON/OFF switch, a computer, a recording medium and a method use a controller which has pressure-sensitive units for sensing a pushing pressure of the player on the controller. The computer is able to execute a game program that includes scenes of exchanges between the player or a character controlled by the player and other characters. The computer also has a unit for generating a pressuresensing output signal from the pressure-sensitive unit and a unit for , transmitting the emotion of the player corresponding to the pressure-sensing …

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  • Filed January 12, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 12, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 12, 2001
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedJanuary 12, 2021
Patent numberCA 2365251 A1
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