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Oficina de Patentes de EE.UU.

Date Filed: July 29,2003
Inventors:Smith; Darren (4820 150th Ave. NE., Redmond, WA 98052); Elliott; Scott (4820 150th Ave., NE., Federal Way, WA 98052); McCarten; David J. (4820 150th Ave., NE., Bothell, WA 98052)


Home video game system with hard disk drive and internet access capability


Abstract
An existing video game system is modified to include additional communication and storage capability via a modem and hard disk drive. The modification may involve the use of an expansion device coupled to a video game system port. A cable TV tuner is also included in the expansion device to assist in providing a unique picture-in-picture video capability. TV signals are coupled to the expansion device via the RF input from either cable TV or off-air signals. These RF signals are blended with the output signals from the video game system. A user may, for example, watch TV while viewing overlay information from the video game console. A user may receive a TV channel guide downloaded via the Internet, spot a program which the user desires to view and immediately access, via an IR input, the desired channel through the expansion device TV tuner. A user may also watch TV while simultaneously logging onto the Internet. A hard drive permits downloading from the Internet of entire games.