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Interactive multi-media game system and method

US5679075A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 1995
Grant dateOct 21, 1997
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/1087
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An interactive, multi-media game system and method is provided. In a preferred embodiment, an audio and/or visual playback system contains portions of a prerecorded narrative stored therein. Teams of players cooperatively solve puzzles, obtain information fragments and directional clues, and ultimately solve an overall meta-puzzle that can be in the context of the narrative. The players move between the portions of the prerecorded narrative and the puzzles that are positioned at selected locations in a defined space. The players solve threshold puzzles to permit them to access, or reaccess, selected portions of the narrative on the audio and/or visual playback device. The players gather sets of information fragments to solve a global meta-puzzle.

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