On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, John Halton wrote: > 1. A game system comprising: > > an input apparatus which is manipulated by a player; > > performance data memory device which stores performance data > stipulating a series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged > in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece;
Interesting that they've managed to patent sheet music stored in a computer. > manipulation guide device which specifies the series of manipulations > of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with said musical > piece to the player based on said performance data; > > said performance data comprising information which specifies timings > of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member > provided on said input apparatus, and information which specifies at > least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in > correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation > member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on > said input apparatus; And then continue to even more precisely define digital sheet music. Oh well; it's not like patent examiners are actually capable of understanding the patents which they are examining. Don Armstrong -- A Democracy lead by politicians and political parties, fails. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
