Interactive computer-based entertainment system

A method for interacting with a user of an entertainment system, in which the user has user characteristics, and which entertainment system presents to the user an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving user input signals indicative of user input actions;
• presenting user output signals to the user, which user output signals are indicative of the audio, video and computer graphical images generated by output devices;
• generating, in dependence upon said user input signals, database signals which are indicative of an informational record of the user, which informational record is indicative of user characteristics;
• generating a first set of show control signals indicative of the audio, the video images and the computer-generated graphical images of the show;
• receiving said user input signals, said database signals and said show control signals, and generating in dependence thereupon activity server signals for directing presentation of said user output signals by said user interface means;
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• generating, in dependence upon said activity server signals, a second set of show control signals indicative of the audio, the video images and the computer-generated graphical images of the show which are adjusted in accordance with said user input actions.

A computer-based entertainment system which presents to a plurality of users an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images, the entertainment system comprising:

• a host comprising host image signals indicative of graphical images and host intelligence signals indicative of artificial intelligence algorithms for presenting said host image signals to the plurality of users, for receiving input signals from the plurality of users and for providing host feedback signals to the plurality of users;
• imaging computer means for generating said host image signals;
• activity server means for generating said host intelligence signals, and further for generating signals indicative of the interactive show in dependence on said input signals and in accordance with a prescribed algorithm;
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• a shared activity platform comprising a plurality of computing platforms, each computing platform for receiving input signals from a user of the plurality of users and for presenting output signals indicative of the interactive show to the user, wherein a subset of said output signals comprises said host image signals and said host feedback signals, wherein a first computing platform presents a first set of host image signals to a first user and a second computing platform presents a second set of host image signals to a second user.

An method for interacting with a plurality of users of an entertainment system, which entertainment system presents to the plurality of users an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating host image signals indicative of graphical images
• generating host intelligence signals indicative of artificial intelligence algorithms for presenting said host image signals to the plurality of users, for receiving input signals from the plurality of users and for providing host feedback signals to the plurality of users;
• generating signals indicative of the interactive show in dependence on said input signals and in accordance with a prescribed algorithm;
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• receiving a first set of input signals from a first user at a first computing platform;
• receiving a second set of input signals from a second user at a second computing platform;
• presenting output signals indicative of the interactive show to the plurality of users, wherein a subset of said output signals comprises said host image signals and said host feedback signals;
• presenting a first set of host image signals to a first user at a first computing platform;
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• presenting a second set of host image signals to a second user at a second computing platform.

A computer-based entertainment system which presents to a plurality of users an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images, wherein each user has user characteristics, the entertainment system comprising:

• database means for storing database signals indicative of the user characteristics and for selectively presenting a subset of said database signals in response to received database inquiry signals;
• activity server means for generating output signals indicative of the interactive show in dependence on said database signals and in accordance with a prescribed algorithm, and further for receiving input signals indicative of user input actions;
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• a shared activity platform comprising a plurality of computing platforms, each computing platform for receiving said input signals from a user of the plurality of users and for presenting said output signals to the user, wherein a first computing platform presents a first set of said output signals to a first user and a second computing platform presents a second set of said output signals to a second user, which first set of said output signals are generated in dependence on a first set of database signals indicative of user characteristics of said first user, which second set of said output signals are generated in dependence on a second set of database signals indicative of user characteristics of said second user, and wherein said first computing platform receives a first set of said input signals from said first user and said second computing platform receives a second set of said input signals from said second user.

A method for interacting with a computer-based entertainment system which presents to a plurality of users an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images, wherein each user has user characteristics, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing database signals indicative of the user characteristics;
• selectively presenting a subset of said database signals in response to received database inquiry signals;
• generating output signals indicative of the interactive show in dependence on said database signals and in accordance with a prescribed algorithm;
• receiving a first set of said input signals indicative of user input actions from said first user at said first computing platform;
• receiving a second set of said input signals indicative of user input actions from said second user at said second computing platform;
• presenting a first set of said output signals to a first user at a first computing platform, which first set of said output signals are generated in dependence on a first set of database signals indicative of user characteristics of said first user;
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• presenting a second set of said output signals to a second user at a second computing platform, which second set of said output signals are generated in dependence on a second set of database signals indicative of user characteristics of said second user.