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Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming

Posted by michael on from the mario-will-save-us dept.

MagicDude writes "Nintendo has patented key console online gaming features. Specifically, it has received patents on things such as player league tables, voice communications and online gaming host services. While the article doesn't address how Nintendo will use these patents, it makes you wonder if this is the first step for Nintendo to become a major player in the online gaming market."

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  1. DON'T PEDDLE YOUR VILE CANDY TO ME CANDY MAN! by Spleener12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That seems rather interesting, given Nintendo's current online policy.

  2. Prior Art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "voice communications"

    I'm sure i remember shouting at my opponents while playing games before.

  3. Re:Obviousness? by jsberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Playstation 3 will now now be released as a personal computer with television adaptor, gamepad, and proprietary operating system.

  4. Re:Homer, hmmmm patents. Yum by Enigma_Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's a Wallah? Oh OOHhh, you mean "voila"... I see..

    -Jesse

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  5. Re:Obviousness? by networkBoy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Oh yeah I also submitted a patent for spinning in an office chair, don't be jealous...
    Damn, and I was just doing this before I remembered I hadn't gotten my Slash fix this morning yet...
    {sigh} How much do I owe you for the following:

    an unlimited spinning licence

    a million spin licence

    a thousand spin licence

    per spin licencing

    a redistributable billion spin licence?

    -nB

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  6. Re:Homer, hmmmm patents. Yum by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    I saw someone upthread somewhere spell it 'viola'. I'm not sure which abuse of language is the more painful.

    The bizarre thing is that I've never, ever seen anyone mis-spell Gesundheit.

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  7. Re:This is a patent for the Nintendo 64 disk drive by Tairnyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks for clarifying that for the jumpy patent bashers. A glimpse of sanity in an otherwise insane, yet surprisingly SNAFU, Slashdot story. Anyone who took a second to RTFP would realize that they weren't patenting 'online console gaming'.. the description is pretty specific reagrding the technology, actually. Slashdot: Hype for Nerds, Exaggeration that Matters

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  8. Re:Homer, hmmmm patents. Yum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmm, has anyone put linux on say a Xbox, PS2 or N64? Would that corupt your definition of a console since it can run VI?