The patent application, filed in June 2003, describes, for instance, ways of connecting a portable device to a "base computing device" which would do all the resource intensive calculations and feed the data to the portable device. The device would be responsible for mostly just playing back video and audio.
In addition to using the wireless connection to enable more complex games, the application suggest that content could be downloaded wirelessly to the device. The content would not be limited to just games, but would cover other digital content as well -- such as movies and music.
Sony has not commented on the application or it's connections to PSP. PlayStation Portable is expected to be launched in the US in March 2005.
Source: Gamespot
Written by: Jari Ketola @ 21 Jan 2005 17:43
