Techniques and apparatus for entertainment sites, amusement parks and other information and/or entertainment dispensing sites
US6352478B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F13/30
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Amusement park apparatus including a first plurality of entertainment providing nodes playing a second plurality of games with a third plurality of players who are simultaneously playing the second plurality of games, a node controller operative to assign each player from among the third plurality of players to an individual game from among the second plurality of games and operative to control each individual node from among the first plurality of nodes such that when the individual node enters into an interaction with an individual player, the node plays, with the individual player, the game assigned to the individual player, and a communication network operative to associate each of the first plurality of nodes with the node controller.
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