Microsoft Patent: Network Your Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, and Zune
By Will Park on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 9:24 PM PST In Research, Technologies, Windows Mobile
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could network our Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Xbox 360, and Zune for some truly mobile gaming? Sure it would, and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) seems to think so too. The monopoly company recently filed for a patent detailing a network with a Windows Vista/XP machine, Xbox 360, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, and Zune all working in harmony, sharing component resources over the network – sharing processing power, memory, storage, and connectivity components. The devices could be connected over Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, Firewire, docking station, and even through a 4G network.
Check the larger image, after the link, to get an idea for how this works…
Use your Xbox 360’s processing power for some high-powered Pocket PC gaming. Make your Pocket PC a display for high-def movies playing through your Xbox 360. Turn that Zune into a game controller. The possibilities are outlined in a patent application for a “Multi-component Gaming System.” This could be one of the few only original ideas Microsoft has ever come up with – and we hope this one pans out for the company.
