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Is this true?

by inzonedj89 Jul 20, 2009 11:08AM PDT

I been reading this game site and I heard that Microsoft is trying to patent in game coop mode something like that.

here the site I got from another person- dont know if this legit or not.

http://kotaku.com/5318881/microsoft-patents-drop+in-co+op-in-shooters

I havent checked because I dont have any anti virus software on me .

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Heard that too

by not2worried Jul 21, 2009 10:09PM PDT

Gamespot had an something on that to.
But never got a chance to read it.

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Check with the USPTO

by Jimmy Greystone Jul 21, 2009 11:39PM PDT

Check with the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) to find out for yourself. All patent applications are publicly available, and they're even online these days.

You should be able to do a search for all the patents Microsoft has filed for, and then see if you can find anything like the article described in the results. You could do this from a public library or something if you don't want to have your system online for some reason or another.

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