Touch screen inputs for a video game system

Abstract

Example systems and methods involve a video game system that has a touch sensitive display screen that can be used to supply inputs used in video game control. In one example system and method, a user or player draws movement patterns on the touch sensitive display screen. The drawn movement patterns are stored and a game object can be moved in accordance with a drawn movement pattern selected from the memory by the user.

1 . A video game system comprising: 
 a touch sensitive display screen on which a player draws movement patterns;    a memory for storing the drawn movement patterns; and    processing circuitry for moving a game object in accordance with a drawn movement pattern selected from the memory by a player.    
   
   
       2 . The video game system according to  claim 1 , wherein the game object comprises a game character.  
   
   
       3 . The video game system according to  claim 2 , wherein the game character is a football player and the movement pattern specifies movement of the football player during a play.  
   
   
       4 . The video game system according to  claim 2 , wherein the game character is a soldier and the movement pattern specifies movement of the soldier in a field of battle.  
   
   
       5 . The video game system according to  claim 1 , wherein the game object is a military vehicle and the movement pattern specifies movement of the military vehicle in a field of battle.  
   
   
       6 . A computer-readable medium having computer readable code encoded therein for use in the execution by a processor of a video game system having a touch sensitive display screen of a method for video game playing, the method comprising: 
 storing in a memory movement patterns drawn on the touch sensitive screen; and    moving a game object in accordance with a drawn movement pattern selected from the memory by a player.    
   
   
       7 . The computer-readable medium according to  claim 6 , wherein the game object comprises a game character.  
   
   
       8 . The computer-readable medium according to  claim 7 , wherein the game character is a football player and the movement pattern specifies movement of the football player during a play.  
   
   
       9 . The computer-readable medium according to  claim 7 , wherein the game character is a soldier and the movement pattern specifies movement of the soldier in a field of battle.  
   
   
       10 . The computer-readable medium according to  claim 6 , wherein the game object is a military vehicle and the movement pattern specifies movement of the military vehicle in a field of battle.  
   
   
       11 . A data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a video game system having a touch sensitive display screen, cause the processor to perform a method comprising: 
 storing in a memory movement patterns drawn on the touch sensitive screen; and    moving a game object in accordance with a drawn movement pattern selected from the memory by a player.    
   
   
       12 . The data signal according to  claim 11 , wherein the game object comprises a game character.  
   
   
       13 . The data signal according to  claim 12 , wherein the game character is a football player and the movement pattern specifies movement of the football player during a play.  
   
   
       14 . The data signal according to  claim 12 , wherein the game character is a soldier and the movement pattern specifies movement of the soldier in a field of battle.  
   
   
       15 . The data signal according to  claim 11 , wherein the game object is a military vehicle and the movement pattern specifies movement of the military vehicle in a field of battle.  
   
   
       16 . A video game system comprising: 
 a touch sensitive display screen on which a player draws a movement pattern; and    processing circuitry for moving a game object based a shape and a color of the drawn movement pattern.    
   
   
       17 . The video game system according to  claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry moves a first game object when a movement pattern is drawn using a first color and moves a second different game object when the same movement pattern is drawn using a second different color.  
   
   
       18 . A computer-readable medium having computer readable code encoded therein for use in the execution by a processor of a video game system having a touch sensitive display screen of a method for video game playing, the method comprising: 
 determining a color used to draw a movement pattern for a game object on the touch sensitive display screen; and    moving the game object based the shape and the color of the drawn movement pattern.    
   
   
       19 . The computer-readable medium according to  claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises: 
 moving a first game object when a movement pattern is drawn using a first color; and    moving a second different game object when the same movement pattern is drawn using a second different color.    
   
   
       20 . A data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a video game system having a touch sensitive display screen, cause the processor to perform a method comprising: 
 determining a color used to draw a movement pattern for a game object on the touch sensitive display screen; and    moving the game object based the shape and the color of the drawn movement pattern.    
   
   
       21 . The data signal according to  claim 20 , wherein the method further comprises: 
 moving a first game object when a movement pattern is drawn using a first color; and    moving a second different game object when the same movement pattern is drawn using a second different color.    
   
   
       22 . A video game system for use in a multi-player video game, the video game system comprising: 
 a touch-sensitive display screen for displaying a map of a game world showing deployment of one or more game objects associated with a video game teammate and of one or more game objects associated with a video game opponent and for receiving tactical game data drawn on the displayed map; and    communication circuitry for communicating at least the drawn tactical data to another video game system for display on a corresponding map displayed on the other video game system.    
   
   
       23 . The video game system according to  claim 22 , wherein the communication circuitry communicates the drawn tactical data in real-time to the other video game system.  
   
   
       24 . The video game system according to  claim 22 , further comprising: 
 a memory for storing the map with the tactical data drawn thereon.    
   
   
       25 . The video game system according to  claim 24 , further comprising: 
 an input device for selecting the stored map with the tactical data from the memory.