PS3 To Feature Wi-Fi With PSP
Posted By Brandon on January 28, 2005
Some interesting information has been leaked by the U.S. Patent Office regarding the PS3's future capabilities with Sony's own PSP handheld. Sony has recently filed a patent number 20040266529 [December 2004], which shows the PS3 and PSP will have wireless connectivity, and will be able to share content such as games, movies and music.
Some information from the patent outlines some key details:
"Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing a system, a method, and a portable game device. The method of the system and portable game devices enables execution of a video game at a base computing device and wirelessly communicates processed data to a portable game device."
"In operation 252, the selected game is executed on the server, and the data representing processed game instructions, are communicated to define video and audio signals on the portable entertainment device. User input signals are also exchanged between the server and the portable entertainment device to interactively use the game during a gaming session. In operation 254, the video and audio data that is representative of the video game play is presented on the portable entertainment device, and processed data is continually streamed to the portable entertainment device to provide seamless interactive game play."
"In another embodiment, the local home user will be able to access their home server 102 to gain access to their games or media database that includes games that were previously purchased, or access a game that is currently being executed or to be executed on the game console 103. In each case, main processing of the video game program will occur at a location that is remote from the portable game device 108a. In this manner, the user of the portable game device 108a will have a rich content experience without having to purchase expensive hardware that may be bulky or consume an unnecessary amount of battery power."
This information tells us that Sony had even bigger plans for the PSP from the start. It will be feature-rich, and deeply involved with the PS3. If you haven't found that one last excuse to buy the PSP, this is it. We'll keep you updated when more details emerge. You can click below for the entire patent.
Quelle: PSInext