FOOTPAD-BASED GAME AND GAMING SYSTEM
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1. A text messaging exercise game system, the system comprising:
- a keypad foot mat having a plurality of input regions for inputting alphanumeric characters, wherein the mat is configured to allow a user to input text by stepping on the input regions; and
a game controller configured to receive data input from the keypad foot mat as text, and to output the text to be displayed by an output device.
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Abstract
Described herein are games and game systems including a text messaging phone keypad foot mat. The phone keypad foot mat typically includes regions similar to the buttons of an enlarged telephone keypad. A user can step on these input regions (“buttons” or “keys”) to type a text. Thus, a player “types” a text message by stepping or dancing on the keyboard foot mat similar to the way that a text message may be typed by hand on a telephone keypad (e.g., sending a text message from a cell phone). Various games can be played using the devices, systems and methods described herein.
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1. A text messaging exercise game system, the system comprising:
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a keypad foot mat having a plurality of input regions for inputting alphanumeric characters, wherein the mat is configured to allow a user to input text by stepping on the input regions; and a game controller configured to receive data input from the keypad foot mat as text, and to output the text to be displayed by an output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A text messaging exercise game system, the system comprising:
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a phone keypad foot mat having a plurality of different regions corresponding to alphanumeric characters, wherein the mat is configured to allow a user to input text by stepping on the mat regions; and a game controller functionally connected to the phone keypad foot mat, and configured to provide a first text to be responded to, and further configured to receive a response text from the phone keypad foot mat, and to output a score based on the response and the first text.
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14. A method of playing a text messaging game, the method comprising:
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presenting a first message; receiving a response text from a keypad foot mat; scoring the response text based on the first message; and providing an output based on the score or the response text. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A text messaging exercise game system, the system comprising:
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a keypad foot mat having a plurality of different regions corresponding to alphanumeric characters, wherein the mat is configured to allow a first user to input texts by stepping on the mat regions; a game controller functionally connected to the keypad foot mat, the game controller configured to transmit a text from the keypad foot mat to a remote digital game media and to receive messages from the remote digital game media; and wherein the remote digital game media is configured to receive input from the first remote keypad and to transmit the received input to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of playing a text messaging game, the method comprising:
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presenting a first question; receiving a response text from a keypad foot mat; scoring the response text based on the first question; and providing an output based on the score or the response text. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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