Interactive game systems and methods
AssigneeUbisoft Entertainment
InventorFrederick Raynal
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Abstract
A game system comprises a computer manager system adapted to manage gaming activity of one or more players, a transceiver in operative communication with the computer manager system and one or more transponders or transponder/receptor units in operative communication with the transceiver. Each transponder/receptor unit includes a transponder and a receptor. The transceiver is adapted to enable wireless communication between each transponder or transponder/receptor unit and the computer manager system within a distance that is within a range detectable by said transponder/receptor units and the computer manager system.
Claims20
A game system comprising:
- a computer manager system adapted to manage gaming activities of one or more players;
- a transceiver in operative communication with the computer manager system;
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- one or more transponder/receptor units in operative communication with the transceiver, each transponder/receptor unit including a transponder and a receptor;
- wherein the transceiver is adapted to enable wireless communication between a transponder/receptor unit and the computer manager system within a distance that is within a range detectable by said transponder/receptor units and the computer manager system.
A game system for playing a game by one or more players, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a computer manager system coupled to said transceiver;
- one or more transponders for use by the one or more players;
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- one or more goal-oriented objects, that can bc scanned during gameplay,
- wherein the computer manager system controls the activity of said one or more players' transponders during the game play in real time, thereby serving as one of a master of the game and as a referee of the game.
The game system of aim 5 wherein the game system's playing area is limited only in that it must be played within a range detectable by said transponder/receptor units coupled to the computer manager system, thereby allowing for both indoor and/or outdoor gameplay
A method of playing a game for one or more players, said method comprising the steps of:
- sending a signal from a transceiver to a computer manager system coupled to said transceiver;
- receiving signals in a separate transponder/receptor unit used by each player;
- controlling the activity of said one or more players through the computer manager system by controlling the activity of each of said one or more players' transponder/receptor units during the game play, thereby serving as one of a master of the game and as a referee of the game;
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- wherein the game system's playing area is limited only in that it must be played within a range detectable by said transponder/receptor units coupled to the computer manager system, thereby allowing for both indoor and outdoor gameplay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.