CA2179874A1 - Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein

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CA2179874A1
CA2179874A1 CA002179874A CA2179874A CA2179874A1 CA 2179874 A1 CA2179874 A1 CA 2179874A1 CA 002179874 A CA002179874 A CA 002179874A CA 2179874 A CA2179874 A CA 2179874A CA 2179874 A1 CA2179874 A1 CA 2179874A1
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advertisements
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Kan Ebisawa
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Abstract

A game system which is operable to update advertisements that are displayed when a game program is executed. The system stores a game program in a memory, receives (i.e., downloads), at predetermined times of operation, for example, on each new day the game program is executed or each time the game program is executed, updated advertising data that relates to at least one advertisement, stores the received advertising data in the memory, executes the game program stored in the memory, and outputs during the execution of the game program display data which corresponds to stored advertisement data in accordance with the game program code. Further, instead of downloading new advertisements, plural advertisements may be prestored with the game program and only advertisement selection codes are downloaded to update the advertisements that are displayed when the game program is executed.
CA 2179874 1995-06-30 1996-06-25 Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein Expired - Lifetime CA2179874C (en)

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JP16668295A JP4040117B2 (en) 1995-06-30 1995-06-30 Game machine and game machine control method
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