# US 9,434,202 B2 · Interactive greeting card

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- Number: US 9,434,202 B2
- Document ID: US9434202B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/226,550
- Filed: 2014-03-26
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-08-06
- Assignees: American Greetings Corporation
- Applicants: American Greetings Corporation
- Inventors: David Mayer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434202B2

## CPC

- B42D 15/042: {Foldable cards or sheets (B42D15/045 and B42D15/08 take precedence)}
- A63F 7/0628: {Golf}
- A63F 9/02: Shooting or hurling games
- A63F 13/00: Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
- A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
- A63F 13/22: Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
- A63F 13/837: Shooting of targets
- B42D 15/02: Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets (B42D25/00 takes precedence; envelopes B65D27/00)
- B42D 15/022: {combined with permanently fastened sound-producing or light-emitting means or carrying sound records}
- B42D 15/027: {combined with permanently fastened other articles, e.g. photographs}
- B42D 15/045: {Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles}
- G11C 5/02: Disposition of storage elements, e.g. in the form of a matrix array
- G11C 13/0002: {using resistive RAM [RRAM] elements}
- G11C 13/0026: {Bit-line or column circuits}
- G11C 13/0028: {Word-line or row circuits}
- H10B 63/20: {comprising selection components having two electrodes, e.g. diodes}
- H10B 63/34: {of the vertical channel field-effect transistor type}
- H10B 63/845: {the switching components being connected to a common vertical conductor}
- H10D 84/01: Manufacture or treatment
- H10N 70/023: {by chemical vapor deposition, e.g. MOCVD, ALD}
- H10N 70/231: {based on solid-state phase change, e.g. between amorphous and crystalline phases, Ovshinsky effect}
- H10N 70/235: {between different crystalline phases, e.g. cubic and hexagonal}
- H10N 70/24: {based on migration or redistribution of ionic species, e.g. anions, vacancies}
- H10N 70/245: {the species being metal cations, e.g. programmable metallization cells}
- H10N 70/823: {adapted for essentially horizontal current flow, e.g. bridge type devices}
- H10N 70/8418: {adapted for focusing electric field or current, e.g. tip-shaped}
- H10N 70/8822: {Sulfides, e.g. CuS}
- H10N 70/8825: {Selenides, e.g. GeSe}
- H10N 70/8828: {Tellurides, e.g. GeSbTe}
- H10N 70/8833: {Binary metal oxides, e.g. TaOx}
- H10N 70/8836: {Complex metal oxides, e.g. perovskites, spinels}
- H10N 70/8845: {Carbon or carbides}
- A63F 2009/241: {Touch screen}
- A63F 2009/247: {audible, e.g. using a loudspeaker}
- G11C 2213/71: Three dimensional array
- B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B)
- H10B: ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An interactive greeting card comprising:
a greeting card body having two or more panels;
a game piece removably attached to the greeting card body;
wherein the game piece is operative to communicate with an application downloaded to a digital device via contact with the digital device touch screen.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1 further comprising a launch mechanism.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the launch mechanism is used to move the game piece onto the digital device touch screen.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the game piece activates the application once it is downloaded to the digital device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the game piece contains a code written thereon for manually entering into the downloaded application on the digital device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the game piece contains a digital watermark, a QR code, or an augmented reality marker printed thereon or embedded therein.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the game piece contains printed electronics, foil stamping, or conductive foam.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The interactive greeting card of claim 1, wherein the game piece and downloaded application work in combination with the digital device or a webcam.

### Claim 9

An interactive greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
a game piece removably attached to the multi-panel greeting card body, the game piece having at least one of a digital watermark, a QR code, printed electronics, foil stamping, conductive foam printed or embedded within the game piece;
a launch mechanism attached to the multi-panel greeting card body, the launch mechanism operative to launch the game piece into the air;
a mobile application downloaded to a portable electronic device;
wherein the game piece is operative to unlock access to the mobile application.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The interactive greeting card of claim 9, wherein instructions on where to download the mobile application from is printed on the multi-panel greeting card body.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The interactive greeting card of claim 9, wherein the game piece is operative to interact with the downloaded mobile application which is an interactive game.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The interactive greeting card of claim 9, wherein the mobile application displays a video or still images on a touch screen of the portable electronic device when it comes in contact with the game piece.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The interactive greeting card of claim 9, wherein contact between the game piece and a touch screen of the portable electronic device initiates some action by the portable electronic device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The interactive greeting card of claim 9, wherein once the game piece is used to unlock access to the mobile application, the user has access to one or more games on the portable electronic device.

### Claim 15

An interactive greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
a game piece removably attached to the greeting card body;
a mobile application which is downloaded to a mobile electronic device using a code printed or contained within the multi-panel greeting card body;
wherein contact between the game piece and a touch screen of the mobile electronic device unlocks the mobile application so that the user is free to use the mobile application.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The interactive greeting card of claim 15, wherein the mobile application is a game.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The interactive greeting card of claim 16, wherein the game piece interacts with the game.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The interactive greeting card of claim 15 further comprising a launch mechanism attached to the greeting card which is operative to launch the game piece onto the mobile electronic device.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The interactive greeting card of claim 17 further comprising a launch mechanism attached to the greeting card which is operative to launch the game piece onto the mobile electronic device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The interactive greeting card of claim 18, wherein the mobile application is programmed to respond in a certain way depending on where the game piece lands on the touch screen of the mobile electronic device.