Competitive escape rooms
OwnerDallin Henrie, Robert Straininventors
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are presented for competitive escape rooms. A first room has a predetermined method to accomplish a task within the first room. A second room has a same predetermined method to accomplish a same task within the second room as in a first room. A hardware controller device determines in which of a first room and a second room a task is completed first by one of a plurality of competing sets of users.
Claims18
A system for competitive escape rooms, the system comprising:
- a first room having a predetermined method to accomplish a task within the first room;
- a second room having the same predetermined method to accomplish the same task within the second room;
- a shared chamber accessible from both the first room and the second room, at least a portion of the task comprising gaining access to the shared chamber;
- a single goal within the shared chamber such that a first of the plurality of competing sets of users that accomplishes the single goal completes the task thereby preventing others of the plurality of competing sets of users from accomplishing the goal and completing the task;
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- a hardware controller device to determine in which of the first and second rooms the task is completed first by one of a plurality of competing sets of users.
A method for competitive escape rooms, the system comprising:
- providing a first room having a predetermined method to accomplish a task within the first room;
- providing a second room having the same predetermined method to accomplish the same task within the second room;
- providing a shared chamber accessible from both the first room and the second room, at least a portion of the task comprising gaining access to the shared chamber, wherein the shared chamber comprises a shared safe, the shared safe comprising at least a first safe door in the first room and a second safe door in the second room;
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- determining, using a hardware controller device, from which of the first and second rooms access into the shared chamber is gained first.
An apparatus for competitive escape rooms, the apparatus comprising:
- means for monitoring a completion status of a predetermined method to accomplish a task within a first room;
- means for monitoring a completion status of the same predetermined method to accomplish the same task within a second room;
- means for displaying a same one or more timers on both a first electronic display in the first room and a second electronic display in the second room;
- means for displaying one or more different messages on the first and second electronic displays to the first and second rooms, the different messages comprising different clues for accomplishing the task;
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- means for determining in which of the first and second rooms the task is completed first by one of a plurality of competing sets of users.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.