Storage and charging device for game pieces
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJames William Scott, Haiyan Zhang, Nicolas Villar, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Jonathan Leslie Venables, Simon Jay Carter
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Abstract
A storage and charging device for game pieces is described which is associated with an interactive software experience, such that the storage and charging device corresponds to a virtual entity within the interactive software experience. The storage and charging device comprises a charging mechanism and a communication mechanism. The charging mechanism is arranged to charge at least one of the game pieces and the communication mechanism is arranged to communicate with the interactive software experience.
Claims20
A storage device for a plurality of game pieces associated with an interactive software experience, the storage device comprising:
- a charging mechanism arranged to charge at least one of the game pieces;
- and
- a communication mechanism arranged to communicate with the interactive software experience, wherein the storage device corresponds to a virtual entity within the interactive software experience.
A method comprising:
- collecting identifiers for one or more game pieces in a storage device, the game pieces being associated with an interactive software experience;
- and
- transmitting the identifiers to a computing device running the interactive software experience.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at an interactive software experience, identifiers for a plurality of game pieces located in or on a storage device, the storage device corresponding to a first virtual entity in the interactive software experience;
- representing the first virtual entity within a user interface of the interactive software experience;
- and
- representing further virtual entities within the first virtual entity in the user interface, each of the further virtual entities corresponding to a different one of the plurality of game pieces located in or on the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.