Global Patent Index - EP 1993689 A4

EP 1993689 A4 20091104 - ELECTRONIC GAME WITH OVERLAY CARD

Title (en)

ELECTRONIC GAME WITH OVERLAY CARD

Title (de)

ELEKTRONISCHES SPIEL MIT ÜBERLAPPUNGSKARTE

Title (fr)

JEU ÉLECTRONIQUE AVEC CARTE DE RECOUVREMENT

Publication

EP 1993689 A4 20091104 (EN)

Application

EP 07756839 A 20070209

Priority

  • US 2007061942 W 20070209
  • US 67343006 A 20060209

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008060641A2] Systems and methods related to game consoles, game software and games for play on a game console having a touch screen interface. A card having a pattern defined therein is overlaid on the touch screen. The defined pattern is used to activate portions of the touch screen by guiding user interaction with a touch pad or touch screen. The activated portions of the touch pad or touch screen launch responsive activity in a computer program implemented on the game console.

IPC 8 full level

A63F 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A63F 1/02 (2013.01 - US); A63F 9/10 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 13/21 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/23 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/98 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 2009/241 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/1075 (2013.01 - EP); A63F 2300/609 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

  • [X] EP 0672981 A1 19950920 - IBM [US]
  • [A] MATTEL ELECTRONICS: "Baseball", INTELLIVISION CARTRIDGE INSTRUCTIONS, 1979, pages 1 - 15, XP002544228
  • See references of WO 2008060641A2

Citation (examination)

BUXTON W ET AL: "Issues and techniques in touch-sensitive tablet input", PROCEEDINGS ACM SIGGRAPH, XX, XX, 22 July 1985 (1985-07-22), pages 215 - 224, XP002363467

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2008060641 A2 20080522; WO 2008060641 A3 20081127; EP 1993689 A2 20081126; EP 1993689 A4 20091104; EP 2460568 A1 20120606; EP 2460568 B1 20180725; JP 2009542259 A 20091203; JP 5312952 B2 20131009

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2007061942 W 20070209; EP 07756839 A 20070209; EP 12150446 A 20070209; JP 2008554527 A 20070209