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Interactive play sets

  • US 10,537,821 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2014
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a play set comprising a plurality of physical play pieces, the plurality of physical play pieces comprising;

    an active physical play piece, andtwo or more additional physical play pieces, the two or more additional play pieces comprising;

    a first semi-active physical play piece, wherein a semi-active physical play piece comprises a transmitter operative to transmit signals to an active physical play piece, but does not include a distance module operative to generate proximity data describing distances between the semi-active physical play piece and the other of the plurality of physical play pieces, andat least one additional physical play piece that is either;

    a second semi-active physical play piece, ora passive physical play piece that does not transmit signals,wherein the active physical play piece comprises;

    a receiver operative to receive signals from one or more of the additional physical play pieces;

    a distance module operative to generate proximity data into three or more discrete and non-overlapping levels of proximity using signals received by the receiver, the proximity data describing;

    distances between the active physical play piece and the one or more of the additional physical play pieces, andat least one distance between the two or more additional physical play pieces; and

    a transmitter operative to transmit the proximity data to a computing device arranged to run an interactive entertainment experience associated with the play set, wherein the interactive entertainment experience comprises computing-device-executable instructions which when executed cause the computing device to;

    receive the proximity data from the active physical play piece, andreflect in the interactive entertainment experience one or more changes in proximity levels between two or more of the plurality of physical play pieces.

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