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US 2014/0213357 A1Published application
Electronic tabletop virtual sports gaming system
OwnerBrian Claffeyinventor
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Abstract
A virtual gaming environment including processing systems and methods and generally includes operations related to visual display of movements and locations of physical game pieces and storage and retrieval of data in accordance with various game events. The game system can comprise a game token, a display, a mobile device, a processor, and combinations thereof.
Claims20
A gaming system, comprising:
- a game surface having multiple boundary points defining an area of play;
- a game token having at least one sensor for tracking position relative to a game surface;
- a wireless interface component associated with the game token;
- a remote processor for receiving over the wireless communication network from the game token game surface boundary points and game token movement data;
- a display associated with the remote processor;
- an application program executable to display movement of the game token on the display;
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- a multimedia file that is retrievable by the processor in response to the game token movement data.
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A gaming system, comprising:
- a game surface;
- a game token having an upper surface, a lower surface and a plurality of lobes from a hub;
- a movement tracking sensor embedded on the lower surface of the game token at a distal end of each lobe;
- an activation key located on the upper surface of the game token;
- a mobile device in communication with the game token over a wireless communication network;
- a data storage area associated with the mobile device in which data associated with said game system is stored;
- a display screen associated with the mobile device;
- an application program associated with the mobile device executable to display game token movement;
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- an application program executable to play a multimedia file in response to game token movement.
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A game system, comprising:
- a game surface having multiple boundary points defining an area of play;
- a game token having at least one sensor for tracking position relative to a game surface;
- a wireless interface component associated with the game token;
- a remote processor for receiving over the wireless communication network from the game token game surface boundary points and game token movement data;
- a display associated with the remote processor;
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- an application program executable to display movement of the game token on the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.