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[imastalker co.]

http://www.got-next.com/news/0804/082304-01.html

so yeah, check out the patent for PictoChat. features that the system is said to have now also include....

Wireless Voice Mail Services
Wireless Electronic Transmission of Voice Signals
Online Videogame News and Hints
Data Transfer
Demo Downloads
Message Boards

i really hope Nintendo makes sure all those features make it into the program, and more importantly, make sure that it's built into the system. it not, what a wasted opportunity.

tons of fuckin potential here.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

They should just make it a phone already.

 

[Ceros]

IBXB

There's alot of potential in most of Nin's products, but they never really use them to their full capacity. I just hope all these features will be USED and implemented.

 

[DeEJaYMiND]

I just hope that PictoChat is included on Nintendo DS. I can easily see this as the new Tetris...

 

[Dyne]

All the searches are expired apparently.

Demo downloads? That would be heavenly.

 

[deadhorse32]

Trademark description <> actual product

 

[imastalker co.]

All the searches are expired apparently.

here are the trademark numbers

78464547
78464537
78464530

just do a search for them on the site.

 

[snapty00]

I have a feeling that patent is one of Nintendo's ways of protecting itself.

I mean, PictoChat coming with those features would be surprising because 1.) Nintendo has repeatedly said that it hates non-videogame features, and 2.) a Nintendo product that actually exceeds expectations is a rarity nowadays.

 

[radioheadrule83]

I remember thinking how cool it would be if DS had cellphone or messaging capability either built in or as an extra peripheral or whatever. With the mic and wifi it'd make a lot of sense. And demo downloads? Hoo boy! I'll buy two DS's if this is true. So my wallet hopes that it isn't.

 

[StrikerObi]

Must be hard-wired into the system. It's useless otherwise.

 

[Paulokj]

OMG O_O

that is a fu**in features. O_O

i m with dejaymind , i hope that this features are included in DS.

 

[Deku Tree]

DS = Internet Phone?

 

[jarrod]

Hopefully it's a pack-in as Nintendo hinted at E3.

 

[Diomedeskun]

That would be nice. Of course, if it had a simple calendar feature and a contacts list, I could get rid of my palm pilot and just carry a DS.

 

[nubbe]

I think Reggie is planing to replace his Blackberry with a NDS

 

[gofreak]

I'll *scream* if I hear one person complain "where did that feature go??! Nintendo is cutting features!!" when the final setup is revealed and doesn't have some of these features. This is just a patent..it may not necessarily be reflected fully, or at all, in the final product.

 

[FitzOfRage]

Trademarks are intentionally overreaching. I mean just look up Sony's PS2 trademark. It covers things like socks, casinos, and chalk. It's not based on features the system actually includes (and a lot of times ends up glossing over eventual uses), so it's hard to glean too much from a trademark description.

After the whole 64DD "news" thing, I wish sites would slow down a little trying to turn everything in the trademark database into news.

 

[radioheadrule83]

64DD was actually online though.. people were applying that patent to Gamecube though, which is far more confusing. But I know what you're saying -- people must literally scour the uspto.gov site on a regular basis looking for news. Gaming news of all things.

I still cant get the patents up, that search engine is a bit scatty.. anyone got direct links?

edit: never mind--

PICTOCHAT

78464530

Goods and services
Adapters for use in connecting computer and video game machines with communication devices, namely telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones and pagers; audio and video computer stored electronic memory devices; cartridges, compact discs and optical discs featuring entertainment content; computer game cartridges; computer game discs; computer game equipment containing memory devices, namely discs and cartridges; computer game peripherals; computer game programs; computer game software; computer software for use in connecting computer and video game machines with communication devices, namely telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones and pagers; electronic game cartridges; electronic game discs; electronic game machines; electronic game memory devices; electronic game programs; electronic game software; electronic handheld units for receipt and/or transmission of text, graphics and multimedia content; handheld communication devices; handheld wireless communication devices; interactive electronic game machines; interactive video game cartridges; interactive video game discs; interactive video game programs; interactive video game software; magnetic trading cards and discs featuring game program and data content; memory devices for storing computer and video game software in electronic format; musical sound recordings; software for wireless communication among handheld communication devices; software for wireless transmission of voice signals, data, facsimiles and images; video game cartridges; video game equipment connectable to communications devices, namely telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones and pagers; video game machine accessories, namely, carry cases, battery chargers, auxiliary lights, screen magnifiers, digital cameras, printers, stylus; video game machines with memory devices, namely flash memory; video game programs; video game software; wireless communication devices; writing instruments for use with computer/video game machine touch screen displays

78464537

goods and services:
Text and numeric wireless digital messaging services; wireless broadband communication services; wireless digital messaging services; wireless voice mail services; wireless electronic transmission of voice signals, data, facsimiles, images and information; providing on-line communication services for transmission of messages among computer users; providing on-line communication and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the filed of general interest

78464547

goods and services:
entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line electronic games; providing electronic games that may be accessed network-wide by network users; providing information on-line relating to computer/electronic/video game programs and computer/electronic/video game products and wireless communication services and capabilities; providing information relating to computer games, electronic games and video games and wireless communication via the Internet; providing on-line information and news in the field of entertainment; providing online news, hints and other computer/electronic/video game information through a global computer network, a telecommunications network, a satellite system, a digital or analog cable system, or a wireless network; providing temporary use of non-downloadable electronic sample game programs; providing temporary use of non-downloadable video game programs provided via the Internet, cellular phone, a global computer network, digital or analog cable systems, a wireless network, a telecommunications network and computer terminal communication

They are pretty far ranging descriptions. I think the site may have construed too much from this now as well. But I still hope some of that functionality is in there.

Thom

 

[Particle Physicist]

I think Reggie is planing to replace his Blackberry with a NDS

..great point.. could be why he emphasized how much he loved his Blackberry.

 

[human5892]

Must be hard-wired into the system. It's useless otherwise.

I agree.

 

[FoneBone]

I'll *scream* if I hear one person complain "where did that feature go??! Nintendo is cutting features!!" when the final setup is revealed and doesn't have some of these features. This is just a patent..it may not necessarily be reflected fully, or at all, in the final product.

This bears repeating.

 

[imastalker co.]

Trademarks are intentionally overreaching. I mean just look up Sony's PS2 trademark. It covers things like socks, casinos, and chalk. It's not based on features the system actually includes (and a lot of times ends up glossing over eventual uses), so it's hard to glean too much from a trademark description.

After the whole 64DD "news" thing, I wish sites would slow down a little trying to turn everything in the trademark database into news.

yeah, like i said in the report, whether the features get implemented or not is a whole other story. but here's hoping.

 

[GDGF]

Very interesting information here. Thanks.

 

[teiresias]

OMG, Nintendo invented Voice Mail, Transmission of Voice Signals, Online Videogame news, file transfers, demos, and message boards!!!! Is GAF paying Nintendo a royalty??