Methods and systems for providing personalized interactive entertainment

A system for providing an adaptable guest entertainment experience, said system comprising:

• a portable wireless tracking device configured to be carried or worn by a guest within an entertainment venue, said wireless tracking device comprising:
• (i) a first non-volatile memory storing a first unique identifier and an encryption key;
• (ii) a first radiofrequency (RF) transceiver;
• and (iii) a first antenna configured to activate said first RF transceiver when said first antenna is energized by an external RF field;
• multiple RF reader devices disposed at different locations within an entertainment venue, each RF reader device comprising:
• (i) a second non-volatile memory storing a second unique identifier;
• (ii) a second RF transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with said first RF transceiver;
• and (iii) a second antenna configured to produce an external RF field that energizes said first antenna by inductive coupling over a predetermined distance;
• multiple interactive devices disposed at different locations within said entertainment venue configured to deliver interactive entertainment experiences based at least in part on the first unique identifier and the encryption key, wherein the encryption key is used to decode or authenticate data received from said portable wireless tracking device;
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• a host computer system that communicates with each of said multiple RF reader devices and each of said multiple interactive devices, said host computer system comprising one or more processors and memory that stores executable program instructions to:
• (i) cause said host computer system to track and record over time locations and activities of said guest within said entertainment venue according to said first and second unique identifiers, and (ii) cause said host computer to adjust said interactive entertainment experiences over time based on said corresponding tracked and recorded locations and activities of said guest.

A method for providing an adaptable guest entertainment experience, said method comprising:

• providing a guest with a portable wireless tracking device comprising:
• (i) a first non-volatile memory storing a first unique identifier and an encryption key;
• (ii) a first radiofrequency (RF) transceiver;
• and (iii) a first antenna configured to activate said first RF transceiver when said first antenna is energized by an external RF field;
• providing, at different locations within an entertainment venue, multiple RF reader devices, each comprising:
• (i) a second non-volatile memory storing a second unique identifier;
• (ii) a second RF transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with said first RF transceiver;
• and (iii) a second antenna configured to produce an external RF field that energizes said first antenna by inductive coupling;
• providing, at different locations within said entertainment venue, multiple interactive devices for delivering interactive entertainment experiences to said guest based at least in part on the first unique identifier and the encryption key, wherein the encryption key is used to decode or authenticate data received from said portable wireless tracking device;
• providing a host computer system configured to communicate with each of said multiple RF reader devices and each of said multiple interactive devices;
• causing said host computer system to track and record over time locations and activities of said guest within said entertainment venue according to said first and second unique identifiers;
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• causing said host computer to adjust said interactive entertainment experiences over time based on said corresponding tracked and recorded locations and activities.