Video games with voice dialog (US4445187)

Application Number	Filed	Pub. Date	Title
US1980000159141	1980-06-13	1982-06-01	TV Movies that talk back
US1980000136100	1980-03-31	1981-12-08	Dialog between TV movies and human viewers
US1979000009533	1979-02-05


	Parent Case:			CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 159,141 filed June 13, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,333,152, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 136,100 filed Mar. 31, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,305,131, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 009,533 filed Feb. 5, 1979, abandoned.
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	First Claim: Show all 8 claims			I claim the following: 1. A video apparatus for simulating a voice conversation between a human viewer of the apparatus and a talking video character, the apparatus comprising: first means for reading video frames from a record carrier means to provide a first video frame sequence associated with a plurality of alternative second video frame sequences; second means for reading video frames from a record carrier means to provide access to at least one of said alternative second video frame sequences before the end of said first video frame sequence; means for displaying said first and second video frame sequences including a simulated image of said talking character accompanied by corresponding voice sounds, thereby providing one side of a simulated voice conversation; means for communicating to said human viewer during said first video frame sequence a plurality of alternative verbal responses corresponding to said alternative second video frame sequences; means for receiving from said human viewer a response signal corresponding to a selected verbal response in said plurality of alternative verbal responses, thereby selecting a corresponding secod video frame sequence; means for generating voice sounds electronically including words in said selected verbal response, thereby simulating the viewer's side of the voice conversation; and means for switching at the end of said first video frame sequence between the video frames from said first reading means to the video frames from said second reading means to provide said selected second video frame sequence accompanied by voice sounds corresponding to said selected second video frame sequence, thereby simulating a voice conversation between the talking character and the human viewer.
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	Foreign References:			None
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