Interactive greeting card
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorDavid Mayer
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Abstract
An integral greeting card/game is disclosed wherein a multi-panel greeting card also serves as a game board and is combined with a game piece and launch mechanism to create a novel, interactive greeting card. The multi-panel greeting card contains a sound module therein and a magnetic trigger is contained and concealed below one or more of the multiple greeting card panels. The game piece contains a magnet therein so that when the game piece comes into contact with the area of the greeting card above or proximate to the magnetic trigger, playback of an audio file is initiated. In one embodiment, the game piece is operative to interact with a touch screen of a mobile device.
Claims20
An interactive greeting card, comprising:
- a greeting card body;
- an article associated with the greeting card body;
- and
- a launch mechanism attached to the greeting card body and configured to move the article relative to the greeting card body,
- wherein positioning the article proximate a particular location on the greeting card body with the launch mechanism triggers playback of a digital audio file via the greeting card.
An interactive greeting card, comprising:
- a greeting card body;
- and
- an article associated with the greeting card body,
- wherein the article is operative to communicate with an application operable on a digital device when the article is positioned proximate the digital device.
An interactive greeting card, comprising:
- a greeting card body;
- and
- a launch mechanism attached to the greeting card body and configured to move an article associated with the greeting card body,
- wherein the article is operative to communicate with an application operable on a digital device when the article is positioned proximate the digital device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.