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Multi-media interactive play system

US7749089B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 2000
Grant dateJul 6, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2011/0097
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A multi-media interactive play system has a number of play elements situated in a variety of play environments or play media. The play elements are linked to a common record of participant performance, progress, character attributes, etc. The participant's performance in the play elements determines the play elements to which the participant may proceed as well as the play parameters of the play element in which the participant is currently involved. The play elements are thus interlinked to define a sequence or path network along which the participant advances. By advancing through the play elements the participant carries out a plot, story, theme, etc. that attaches a significance to the successful completion of a given play element or elements. Also disclosed in a variety of play elements suitable for use in the system, an example of a plot or theme that may be carried out by the system, and a send/receive radio frequency network that may be used to track play participants in a play center.

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