Appeal No. 96-1647
Application No. 08/149,026
amended. Accordingly, claims 7 through 16, 27 through 32 and 34
through 37 remain before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a computer-implemented
method of interaction on a network between a central computer
system and a plurality of remote computer systems. Each remote
computer system communicates with other remote computer systems
via the central computer system, and each remote computer system
has access to a plurality of video games in the central computer
system.
Claim 7 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
7. A computer-implemented method of interacting on a
network having a central computer system and a plurality of
remote computer systems, where each remote computer system has a
video display and where a plurality of video games are accessible
from the remote computer systems, the method comprising:
a first player creating a first visage representing a first
player on a first remote computer system;
the first player identifying an interest level and a skill
level of the first player for at least one of the video games;
the first player indicating predetermined personal
characteristics of the first player;
the first player saving the visage, interest level, skill
level and personal characteristics of the first player;
the first player accessing the central computer system from
the first remote computer system;
a plurality of second players accessing the central computer
system from a plurality of second remote computer systems;
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