Title:
INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALISATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1997008641
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling user interaction with a branch-structured narrative entertainment (90) in which branch path selection (A,B,C) is made at least partially in response to user input. A user is provided with a non-volatile memory, such as a smart card, in which memory is stored data specifying a record of past user interactions. This data is periodically checked and updated by the apparatus and, at one or more branch points (92) of the narrative, access to one or more branch paths (A,B,C) is enabled or denied on the basis of the stored user history.
Inventors:
SHIELS MARTIN ANDREW
COLE RICHARD STEPHEN
RANKIN PAUL JOHN
FREITAG ROSA
COLE RICHARD STEPHEN
RANKIN PAUL JOHN
FREITAG ROSA
Application Number:
PCT/IB1996/000840
Publication Date:
April 03, 1997
Filing Date:
August 26, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
PHILIPS NORDEN AB (NL)
PHILIPS NORDEN AB (NL)
International Classes:
A63F13/10; G06F17/00; H04N7/173; H04N5/44; (IPC1-7): G06F19/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1994027677A1 | 1994-12-08 |
Foreign References:
| US5005143A | 1991-04-02 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 18, No. 621, P-1832; & JP,A,06 236 138 (GAKKEN CO LTD), 25 November 1994.
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